70677 music

MUSIC
I ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW.
• What types of music do you know? Which is your favourite?
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• What do you need if you want to listen to music?
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• Where do you go if you want to listen to live music? ....................................................................................
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• Where can you learn to play a musical instrument? .....................................................................................
II MATCH THE WORDS ON THE LEFT WITH THEIR DEFINITIONS ON THE RIGHT.

1 band
2 choir
3 orchestra
4 musician
5 composer
6 songwriter
7 conductor
8 baton
9 pop star
10 singer
11 vocalist
12 lyrics
13 tone-deaf

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A a famous pop singer
B a person who sings
C unable to tell the difference between different musical notes
D a large group of musicians who play different musical instruments
together
E words of a song
F a wooden stick used by a conductor to direct an orchestra or band
G a person who plays a musical instrument
H a singer who sings with a pop group
I a person who composes (writes) music
J a small group of musicians who play popular music such as rock, pop
or jazz
K a person who writes songs
L a large group of people who sing together
M a person who conducts (directs) an orchestra

III MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

10 drums
12 trombone
11 accordion
13 triangle
13 cymbals
15 cello
14 clarinet

16 French horn

19 harp

20 tambourine

17 xylophone

18 cymbals

19 harp

13 cello


Put the instruments above into the correct group.
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String instruments: .........................................................................................................................................
Brass instruments: ..........................................................................................................................................
Percussion instruments: ........................................................................................................................
Wind instruments: : ...............................................................................................................................
Keyboard instruments: ............................................................................................................................

IV WHAT DO THESE VERBS MEAN? TRANSLATE THEM INTO SLOVENE.
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Play (music) by ear ......................................................................
Hum a tune .................................................................................
Whistle a song ............................................................................
Tune the piano.............................................................................
Record a song .............................................................................
Read music ................................................................................

V COMPLETE THE WORDS IN THE SENTENCES.
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ANSWER:
1. Do you like music? What kind of music do you listen to?
2. Who is your favourite singer/band? Have you ever seen them play/sing live? Have they made any
albums?
3. What is your favourite song? Who is it by?
4. Do you often go to concerts?

5. Have you ever been to the opera?
6. Do you sing? Have you ever sung in a choir?
7. When you listen to songs with lyrics, do you try to understand the
lyrics?
8. Do you play any musical instruments? If yes, which?
9. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a pop/rock
star?
10. Write a short composition about your favourite band.
My favourite band is ......... . They play ...... music. In the band there are .... members: .... They play ....
(instruments).They started playing together in ..... . They have made ...... albums. Their number one hit is .... .

My favourite band
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