English For Music Students

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

Stretch /strEtS/ (v)
extend in length; reach out



  • She stretched the canvas over the wooden frame.


Supplant /s@"plA:nt/ (v)
take the place of; supersede; replace



  • Old traditions were fading away, being supplanted by modern ways.


b. Technical Terms


Amplify /"amplIfVI/ (v)
increase the volume of sound, especially using an
amplifier


Brass /brA:s/ (n)
brass wind instruments forming a band or section
of an orchestra


Fingerboard /"fINg@bO:d/ (n)
a flat strip on the neck of a stringed instrument,
against which the strings are pressed to shorten
the vibrating length and produce notes of higher
pitches


Hammer /"ham@/ (n)
a small padded mallet forming part of the
mechanism for striking the strings of a piano; a
small hand-held mallet for playing various
percussion instruments, as the xylophone,
dulcimer, etc.


Horn /hO:n/ (n)
a wind instrument resembling a horn (usually
brass instruments)

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