Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ludomusicology

/ˌlu.doʊˌmju.zɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lu-do-mu-si-col-o-gy
IPA: /ˌlu.doʊˌmju.zɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

7

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The scientific study of video game music.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] 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 […]."
"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 […]."
"The swell of film musicological scholarship in the past twenty years (and the more recent surge in music–video studies and ludomusicology) has brought with it a corresponding profusion of music analysis, some informal, some extremely meticulous."

Etymology

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

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

ludomusicological ludomusicologist

Frequently Paired Words

ludomusical ludomusicality

Questions

How do you pronounce ludomusicology?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌlu.doʊˌmju.zɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/.
What does ludomusicology mean?: The scientific study of video game music.
Where does ludomusicology come from?: Blend of ludology (“the study of games”) + musicology (“the study of music”). Coined circa 2007.

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