English For Music Students

Unit 9. Musical Instruments (1) I. Word List a. General Words Aperture /"ap@tS(U)@/ (n) an opening, hole or cleft We entered th ...

Precursor /prI"k@:s@/ (n) a person or thing that comes before another of the same kind; forerunner; ancestor; forebear 18 th ce ...

Bow /b@U/ (n, v) a partially curved rod with horsehair stretched along its length, used for playing some stringed instruments; p ...

Score /skO:/ (n) a written representation of a musical composition showing all the vocal and instrumental parts; a musical compo ...

II. Vocabulary Practice a. Match the words with their definitions. ____ 1. bulky ____ 2. aperture ____ 3. score ____ 4. symphony ...

b. Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the list. bow string score tuned reed assortment pizzicato facilitate The fi ...

principal a. periphery b. major c. precursor d. forebear bulky a. tiny b. compact c. large d. small enthusiast a. opponent ...

The violin is the smallest out of all the strings and has the highest pitch. It is by far the most common orchestral instrument, ...

Flute A normally silver-plated (or in more extravagant cases, gold), narrow-bored instrument, held horizontally just under the m ...

instrument, although to facilitate the playing action (the instrument is normally held across and in front of the body) it is co ...

____ 11. The clarinet’s popular cousin is the saxophone. ____ 12. The bassoon is the bass member of the woodwind family, and the ...

The ____ is a kind of flute having higher pitch. a. shawm b. cor anglais c. piccolo d. oboe Which of the following is not tr ...

V. Grammar Agent Nouns An agent noun is a word that is derived from another word denoting an action, and that identifies the per ...

 - ian Noun Agent Noun music musician technique technician  - er Noun Agent Noun song songster rhyme rhymester choir chorister ...

oboe ____ ____________________________________________________ song ____ ___________________________________________________ ...

I can't play the violin. The piano is my favourite instrument. But: I’d like to have a piano. There was a keyboard in the corne ...

Unit 10. Musical Instruments (2) I. Word List a. General Words Aerate /"E:reIt/ (v) introduce air into; expose to the air You s ...

reach the highest point; reach or be a climax or point of highest development; end A bitter feud culminated months of tension. ...

Stretch /strEtS/ (v) extend in length; reach out She stretched the canvas over the wooden frame. Supplant /s@"plA:nt/ (v) take ...

Keyboard /"ki:bO:d/ (n) a bank of keys on a musical instrument (as a piano) that usually consists of seven white and five raised ...