Musical glasses

Musical glasses
Musical Mu"sic*al, a. [Cf. F. musical.] Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons. [1913 Webster]

{Musical box}, or {Music box}, a box or case containing apparatus moved by clockwork so as to play certain tunes automatically. The apparatus may be driven by a wind-up spring mechanism or by batteries.

{Musical fish} (Zo["o]l.), any fish which utters sounds under water, as the drumfish, grunt, gizzard shad, etc.

{Musical glasses}, glass goblets or bowls so tuned and arranged that when struck, or rubbed, they produce musical notes. Cf. {Harmonica}, 1. [1913 Webster]


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  • musical glasses — a set of drinking glasses filled with varying amounts of water to produce ringing tones of different pitches when the player s finger is rubbed around the wet rims. Cf. glass harmonica. [1760 70] * * * …   Universalium

  • musical glasses — noun plural 1. : glass harmonica, harmonica b 2. : a set of drinking glasses tuned to the scale and played by rubbing their brims with moistened fingers …   Useful english dictionary

  • musical glasses — plural noun a graduated series of glass bowls or tubes played as a musical instrument by rubbing with the fingers …   English new terms dictionary

  • Musical — Mu sic*al, a. [Cf. F. musical.] Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical instruments; a musical sentence;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Musical box — Musical Mu sic*al, a. [Cf. F. musical.] Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical instruments; a musical… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Musical fish — Musical Mu sic*al, a. [Cf. F. musical.] Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical instruments; a musical… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Glasses (song) — Glasses is an experimental musical piece by Paul McCartney. It was released on his first solo album McCartney. It is played by Paul and Linda running their fingers around the rims of crystal glasses in the key of B major. It contains a small… …   Wikipedia

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