Musicality

I feel like I can get pretty good at hitting the notes for various pieces I practice, but that doesn't seem to entail that they sound like music.

I believe this is called musicality, but I'm not sure. What seems to help most is songs that I actually sing. Singing is not something I enjoy or am good at, but I find that if I at least hum along with a piece it sounds much more like music.

I suppose that could just be to my ear, that singing makes a piece sound more musical to me, but to no one else.