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MUSIC INSTRUMENTS WIND STRINGED PERCUSSION TRUMPET FLUTE PIANO KEYBOARD CLARINET GUITAR ORGAN DRUMS VIOLIN CELO

PEOPLE MUSICIAN PERFORMANCE SINGER ARTIST VOCALIST COMPOSER LEADER

TYPES OF MUSIC LIGHT MUSIC DANCE MUSIC FOLK POP ROCK RAP HIP-HOP JAZZ COUNTRY ALTERNATIVE HOUSE HEAVY METAL GRUNGE EASY LISTENING

A RHYTHM JAZZY STEADY LEADEN JAUNTY HOT SLOW SOFT REPETITIVE

NOUNS SONG TUNE MELODY COMPOSITION LYRICS ORCHESTRA CONCERT PERFORMANCE RECITAL PREVIEW TAPE DISC CD RECORD TRACK GROUP/ BAND SOUNDTRACK

VERBS COMPOSE CONDUCT WRITE PLAY BLOW TAP IMPROVISE SING HUM BEAT A MELODY CAN BE GOOD SIMPLE REPETITIVE

A SONG CAN BE UPBEAT HAPPY CHEERFUL SAD BLUESY FULL OF ENERGY WILD DANCEABLE LIVELY GRIPPING CHARMING EXCITING OFF-KEY

A VOICE CAN BE SLOPPY RASPY SWEET BEAUTIFUL AMAZING AWSOME POWERFUL GENTLE SOFT STRIDENT

IDIOMS

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING

AS FIT AS A FIDDLE (To be in excellent health) TO STRIKE THE RIGHT NOTE (To behave in a manner that is suited to the occasion) TO COMPARE NOTES (To exchange ideas and opinions) OUT OF TUNE WITH (Out of sympathy with) TO SING (to the police) TO MAKE A SONG AND DANCE ABOUT (To make an unnecessary fuss about) TO BLOW ONE’S OWN TRUMPET = to boast

Who’s your favourite singer? What’s your favourite band? Have you ever been to a pop concert?Talk about it. Do you usually like a song because of the music or the lyrics? Has your taste in music changed over the years? Explain. Where do you get your music? How often do you buy songs or CDs? 6. How important is music to you? Could you live without it? 7. Do you play in a band?If so, explain.If not, would you like to? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

CAN YOU IDENTIFY THE SINGERS AND MUSICIANS?

FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH A WORD FROM THE VOCABULARY ABOVE. Don't you think the director __________________the orchestra well? 2. Film director Woody Allen _________the___________ 3. He beats the ______________ like a madman! 2. John Lennon and Paul Mcartney _________ the lyrics to many of the Beatles best songs. 3. Anne is in a good mood today, she ________one of her favorite tunes. 4. Jazz musicians almost always __________their solos. 5. The ________________ always tune their instruments before they begin the concert. 6. Would you please not tap your __________ in time to the music? 7. Some of the best rock singers don't _______ their songs, they shout them!

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RIHANNA BLACK-EYED PEAS SINGER NOEL GALLAGER (OASIS) PETE DOHERTY ELVIS PRESTLEY BOB MARLEY

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LADY GAGA MICHAEL JACSON JIMMY HENDRIX MARIA CAREY VICTORIA BECKAN (SPICE GIRLS)

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AMY WHITEHOUSE

AUDIENCE CHORUS LYRICS DRUMS ORCHESTRA

LIVE CONDUCTOR LEAD SINGER ROCK BAND RECORDER

CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION

CHOIR DOWNLOAD MUSIC STAND

Professional musicians make a (life/living) playing and recording music. Not all musicians are (songwriters/tune-writers), although

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some do write their own tunes. Being a musician is not easy. Unless

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The ______________of a song are the words not the music. 2. I learned to play the ____________when I was at Primary school. 3. Mick Jagger is the _______________of the __________ band Rolling Stones. 4. Before the concert, musicians usually put he music on a ________________and ________________their instruments. 5. 6. The _______________went crazy during Lady Gaga’s last concert. 6. I often ____________________a lot of music from the Internet 7. My friends play the violin in a/an________________ 8. My mother sings in a ____________and sometimes she is also a soloist. 9. I went to a ___________concert yesterday night. The band were really good 10. Nowadays many people_________________ their music instead of buying it in the shops. 11. I love the ____________________of this group. He is so handsome!

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they're famous, musicians often make very (little/few) money. In terms of pop/rock music, when several musicians decide to make music together, they (form/formalize) a band. If a band is successful, they can get (written/signed) to a record (label/tag), which will give them a chance to record and (release/throw) CDs. Many musicians love to play (live/alive). They love the (feel/feeling) they get when they play in front of a big (audience/auditorium).

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q. Music is my first ___________. In fact, I’d say it’s time-consuming passion as I ___________ much longer playing the synthesizer or the guitar than _________ for my classes. I have always dreamed of becoming a good performer, either as a band player or playing _____________. My parents wanted me to study classical __________, as a very good girl should do, but from my teens on I followed my real __________, which is playing lighter music and improvising. Fortunately, since I went to the university I’ve been able to fulfill part of my dream. I met three ___________ as crazy about music as me and we began playing in the garage of my house. My mum was horrified at the idea of having to put with heavy metal or rock ________at home, but the music we play sounds much softer than that and to my surprise she soon got used to it. Next year we’re going to try and __________a single or a C.D. For the time being we feel quite happy just to perform in ___________ and pubs. Sometimes we are hired for __________and it’s great fun because besides playing for __________ people, we can get involved in the party and eat superbly.

LYRICS VOCALS MELODY CATCHY RECORD ALBUM SINGLE TOP TEN NUMBER ONE LIVE CONCERT BACKING TRACK COLLABORATE SOUNDTRACK LATEST AIRPLAY INSTRUMENTAL

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a public performance a collection of songs the words of a song one song from a collection a classification of the most popular songs work on a project not recorded a song with no words number of times a radio station plays a song 10.most recent 11. the singing in a song 12.easy to remember and sing 13.the music of a song 14.recorded music at a concert 15.the music for a film 16.copy music to disc or cassette 17.the most popular song in a classification

CAN YOU IDENTIFY THE INSTRUMENTS?

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