Musicianship is skill in making music well — not only hitting the right notes, but timing, listening, tone, and feel.

Musicianship是指 skill in making music well把音樂演奏好的功力——not only hitting the right notes不只是按對音符，but timing, listening, tone, and feel還包括節奏感、聆聽、音色和樂感。

A teacher who says her musicianship is strong means the student plays with understanding, as a musician, not like a machine that only copies the page.

A teacher who says her musicianship is strong老師說某個學生的musicianship很強 means the student plays with understanding意思是這個學生是帶著理解在演奏，as a musician像個音樂家一樣，not like a machine that only copies the page而不是像只會照抄樂譜的機器。

You meet the word in lessons, exams, and reviews. It is respectful and a little formal.

You meet the word你會在 in lessons課堂、exams考試、and reviews還有樂評裡遇到這個字。It它 is respectful and a little formal帶有尊重的意味，也有點正式。

It does not mean 'being a professional' and it is not the same as music theory on its own; a person can know a lot of facts and still have weak musicianship if the playing has no life.

It它 does not mean 'being a professional'不代表「已經是職業級」 and it is not the same as music theory on its own也不等於單純的樂理知識；a person can know a lot of facts一個人可以懂很多樂理知識，and still have weak musicianship但musicianship還是很弱，if the playing has no life只要演奏起來沒有生命力。

It is musician plus -ship, the same ending as in friendship or leadership: the quality of being that thing.

It它是 musician plus -ship musician加上-ship，the same ending as in friendship or leadership跟friendship（友誼）或leadership（領導力）的字尾一樣：the quality of being that thing表示「具備那種特質」。