B2 - Lesson 32 - Music Flashcards
cello [/ˈtʃeləʊ/]
a musical instrument like a large violin that you hold between your knees and play by pulling a bow (=special stick) across the strings
bow [/baʊ/]
to bend the top part of your body forward in order to show respect for someone important, or as a way of thanking an audience
She bowed and left the stage.
soprano [/səˈprɑːnəʊ/]
a very high singing voice belonging to a woman or a boy, or a singer with a voice like this → mezzo-soprano
2 [singular] the part of a musical work that is written for a soprano voice or instrument
She sings soprano.
alto [/ˈæltəʊ/]
an alto instrument or voice produces notes at the second highest level, below a soprano
an alto sax
mezzo-soprano []
a female singing voice that is lower than a soprano but higher than an alto, or a woman with a voice like this
concerto [/kənˈtʃɜːtəʊ/]
a piece of classical music, usually for one instrument and an orchestra
choir [/kwaɪə/]
a group of people who sing together for other people to listen to → choral
He joined a church choir at the age of eight.
conductor [/kənˈdʌktə/]
someone who stands in front of a group of musicians or singers and directs their playing or singing
orchestra [/ˈɔːkəstrə/]
a large group of musicians playing many different kinds of instruments and led by a conductor
the Berlin Symphony Orchestra
chorus [/ˈkɔːrəs/]
1 the part of a song that is repeated after each verse
Everyone joined in the chorus.
2 a large group of people who sing together SYN choir
I sing with the university chorus.
rhythm [/ˈrɪðəm/]
a regular repeated pattern of sounds or movements → metre
Drums are basic to African rhythm.
complicated dance rhythms
microphone [/ˈmaɪkrəfəʊn/]
میکروفن
symphony [/ˈsɪmfəni/]
a long piece of music usually in four parts, written for an orchestra
Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony
the odd man/one out
British English someone or something that is different from the rest of the group or not included in it
Which shape is the odd one out?
I was always the odd one out at school.
harp [/hɑːp/]
a large musical instrument with strings that are stretched across a vertical frame with three corners, and that you play with your fingers
چنگ
reed [/riːd/]
1 [countable, uncountable] a type of tall plant like grass that grows in wet places
Reeds grew in clumps all along the river bank.
2 [countable] a thin piece of wood that is attached to a musical instrument such as an oboe or clarinet, and that produces a sound when you blow over it
oboe [/ˈəʊbəʊ/]
a wooden musical instrument like a narrow tube, which you play by blowing air through a reed
is a double reed instrument which means it uses two reeds sat next to each other to produce a sound.
clarinet [/ˌklærəˈnet/]
a musical instrument like a long black tube, that you play by blowing into it and pressing keys to change the notes
has a single reed that sits on the mouthpiece and is held by a ligature.
tuba [/ˈtjuːbə/]
a large metal musical instrument that consists of a curved tube with a wide opening that points straight up. It produces very low sounds when you blow into it.
شیپور خمیده طور
trombone [/trɒmˈbəʊn/]
a large metal musical instrument that you play by blowing into it and sliding a long tube in and out to change the notes
ازین شیپور ها با لوله بلند
xylophone [/ˈzaɪləfəʊn/]
a musical instrument which consists of metal or wooden bars of different lengths that you hit with a special stick
genre [/ˈʒɒnrə/]
formal a particular type of art, writing, music etc, which has certain features that all examples of this type share
genre of
a new genre of film-making
presumably [/prɪˈzjuːməbli]
used to say that you think something is probably true
It’s raining, which presumably means that your football match will be cancelled.
[sentence adverb]
He’s dead now, presumably?
