English For Music Students

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  1. The museum which we visited last month is closed now.
    The relative pronoun is a. necessary b. not necessary


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German and French words in music

Just as for Italian, a number of words frequently used in music language
are from German and French. Only a few examples of the most common
follow:


Cadence /'keɪd(ə)ns/ (n) [Fr]
rhythm; intonation; a sequence of notes or chords comprising the close of a
musical phrase


Embouchure /ɒmbʊ'ʃʊə/ (n) [Fr]
the way in which a player applies the mouth and tongue in playing a brass
or wind instrument; the mouthpiece of a flute or a similar instrument


Encore /'ɒŋkɔː/ (n, v) [Fr]
request by an audience for a repeat or additional performance at the end of
a concert; performance given in response to such a request; once more!;
call for an encore; give an encore


Epilogue /'ɛpɪlɒg/ (n) (also Epilog) [Fr]
concluding section (at the end of a literary work or a piece of music)


Etude /'eɪtjuːd/ (n) [Fr]
piece of music intended for practice of a particular technique


Falsch /fɑlʃ/ (adj, adv) [Ger]
wrong; false; incorrect


Flugelhorn /'fluːg(ə)lhɔːn/ (n) [Ger]
valved brass musical instrument like a cornet but with a fuller tone

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