Why is it called "Music"?

mu·sic:
Pronunciation: "myü-zik"
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English musik, from Anglo-French musike, from Latin musica, from Greek mousikē any art presided over by the Muses, especially music, from feminine of mousikos of the Muses, from Mousa Muse
Date:
13th century

1 a: the science or art of ordering tones or sounds in succession, in combination, and in temporal relationships to produce a composition having unity and continuity b: vocal, instrumental, or mechanical sounds having rhythm, melody, or harmony2 a: an agreeable sound : euphony b: musical quality 3: a musical accompaniment 4: the score of a musical composition set down on paper5: a distinctive type or category of music

NOT TRUE Marrium Webster!

Muse

3 entries found.

1. ¹muse (verb)
2. ²muse (noun)
3. ³muse (noun)

Main Entry:

¹muse

Pronunciation:

\ˈmyüz\

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

mused; mus·ing

Etymology:

Middle English, from Anglo-French muser to gape, idle, muse, from Old French *mus mouth of an animal, from Medieval Latin musus

Date:

14th century

intransitive verb1: to become absorbed in thought ; especially : to turn something over in the mind meditatively and often inconclusively2archaic : wonder , marveltransitive verb: to think or say reflectively

synonyms see ponder

— mus·er noun

Still not completely true...

Amused

One entry found.

Main Entry:

amuse

Pronunciation:

\ə-ˈmyüz\

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

amused; amus·ing

Etymology:

Middle French amuser, from Old French, from a- (from Latin ad-) + muser to muse

Date:

15th century

transitive verb1 aarchaic : to divert the attention of so as to deceive bobsolete : to occupy the attention of : absorb cobsolete : distract , bewilder2 a: to entertain or occupy in a light, playful, or pleasant manner <amuse the child with a story> b: to appeal to the sense of humor of amuse me>intransitive verbobsolete : muse

— amus·ed·ly \-ˈmyü-zəd-lē\ adverb

— amus·er noun

synonyms amuse , divert , entertain mean to pass or cause to pass the time pleasantly. amuse suggests that one's attention is engaged lightly or frivolously <amuse yourselves while I prepare dinner>. divert implies the distracting of the attention from worry or routine occupation especially by something funny divert the tired businessman>. entertain suggests supplying amusement or diversion by specially prepared or contrived methods entertaining children at a party>

Closer but still not there (still good for a nation of over 85% adults functionally illiterate tho)

(I'm illiterate too so stop yer bitchin cupcake!)

MOUSAI

Greek Name Transliteration Latin Spelling Translation Mousa Mousai Mousa Mousai Musa Musae Muse, Muses, Lades of Song Muse with lyre, Paestan red-figure lekanis C4th B.C., Musée du Louvre THE MOUSAI were the goddesses of music, song and dance, and the source of inspiration to poets. They were also goddesses of knowledge, who remembered all things that had come to pass. Later the Mousai were assigned specific artistic spheres: Kalliope, epic poetry; Kleio, history; Ourania, astronomy; Thaleia, comedy; Melpomene, tragedy; Polyhymnia, religious hymns; Erato, erotic poetry; Euterpe, lyric poetry; and Terpsikhore, choral song and dance. In ancient Greek vase painting the Mousai were depicted as beautiful young women with a variety of musical intruments. In later art each of the nine was assigned her own distinctive attribute. There were two alternative sets of Muses : the three or four Mousai Titanides and the three Mousai Apollonides. Full article here [Link], I bet it's worth a read but it's a long one. It don't matter to me because I have both read and written on it going on twenty years now. I'm just trying to share, that's all...

The words music, musician and amused all mean the same thing. Music means to enjoy the gift of the Muse, Musician is to practice the talents of the Muse and Amused means to focus on something in the way that a Muse might.

This I learned from reading the writings of James Morrison from the band The Doors. Might not mean much to you but above I showed you that Marrium Websters Dictionary screwed up on the meaning three times in a row. Jim got it right the first time without even caring.

Yep, I Am Amused!