English For Music Students

II. Vocabulary Practice

a. Match the words with their definitions.

____ 1. sustain

____ 2. close

____ 3. avoid

____ 4. slur

____ 5. across

____ 6. confusion

____ 7. reason

____ 8. visual

____ 9. curve

____ 10. phrase

____ 11. even

____ 12. glance

____ 13. fusion

____ 14. accompany

____ 15. accent

a. uncertainty; puzzlement

b. keep away from; prevent

c. cause; basis

d. maintain; prolong

e. relating to vision; seen

f. a line that is not straight; bend

g. go with

h. quick look; glimpse

i. from side to side, or corner to corner;

transversely; over

j. a curved line over or under two or more notes

which are to be played smoothly

k. synthesis; combination

l. near; adjacent

m. divisible by two, without leaving a remainder

n. an emphasis given to a syllable or note in

speech or music; stress

o. express in a certain manner; formulate in

words