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ludomusicology

/ˌlu.doʊˌmju.zɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/

ludomusicology noun: the scientific study of video game music.

Noun

ludomusicology (uncountable)

  1. The scientific study of video game music.
    • […] the discipline of ludomusicology might emerge as a way to bring insights yielded from studying musical performance to bear on how ludic experiences are constructed and represented […].2013, Nicholas Cook, Richard Pettengill, Taking It to the Bridge: Music as Performance, University of Michigan Press, page 304
    • Having spent seven years researching video game music, I admit I increasingly find myself wondering these days whether a different kind of ludomusicology is possible […].2016, Michael Austin, Music Video Games: Performance, Politics, and Play, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Origin of ludomusicology

Blend of ludology (“the study of games”) + musicology (“the study of music”). Coined circa 2007.

Words formed from ludomusicology

Questions about ludomusicology

What does ludomusicology mean?
Ludomusicology means the scientific study of video game music.
What part of speech is ludomusicology?
Ludomusicology is a noun.
How do you pronounce ludomusicology?
Ludomusicology is pronounced /ˌlu.doʊˌmju.zɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/.

Words near ludomusicology in the dictionary

  1. ludomusical
  2. ludomusicality
  3. ludomusicological
  4. ludomusicologist
  5. ludomusicologists
  6. ludomusicology
  7. ludonarrative
  8. ludonarrative dissonance
  9. ludonarrative dissonances
  10. ludonarratives
  11. ludoo

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