B2 - Lesson 32 - Music

Question 1

cello [/ˈtʃeləʊ/]

Answer 1

a musical instrument like a large violin that you hold between your knees and play by pulling a bow (=special stick) across the strings

Question 2

bow [/baʊ/]

Answer 2

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.

Question 3

soprano [/səˈprɑːnəʊ/]

Answer 3

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.

Question 4

alto [/ˈæltəʊ/]

Answer 4

an alto instrument or voice produces notes at the second highest level, below a soprano

an alto sax

Question 5

mezzo-soprano []

Answer 5

a female singing voice that is lower than a soprano but higher than an alto, or a woman with a voice like this

Question 6

concerto [/kənˈtʃɜːtəʊ/]

Answer 6

a piece of classical music, usually for one instrument and an orchestra

Question 7

choir [/kwaɪə/]

Answer 7

a group of people who sing together for other people to listen to → choral

He joined a church choir at the age of eight.

Question 8

conductor [/kənˈdʌktə/]

Answer 8

someone who stands in front of a group of musicians or singers and directs their playing or singing

Question 9

orchestra [/ˈɔːkəstrə/]

Answer 9

a large group of musicians playing many different kinds of instruments and led by a conductor

the Berlin Symphony Orchestra

Question 10

chorus [/ˈkɔːrəs/]

Answer 10

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.

Question 11

rhythm [/ˈrɪðəm/]

Answer 11

a regular repeated pattern of sounds or movements → metre
Drums are basic to African rhythm.
complicated dance rhythms

Question 12

microphone [/ˈmaɪkrəfəʊn/]

Answer 12

میکروفن

Question 13

symphony [/ˈsɪmfəni/]

Answer 13

a long piece of music usually in four parts, written for an orchestra

Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony

Question 14

the odd man/one out

Answer 14

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.

Question 15

harp [/hɑːp/]

Answer 15

a large musical instrument with strings that are stretched across a vertical frame with three corners, and that you play with your fingers
چنگ

Question 16

reed [/riːd/]

Answer 16

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

Question 17

oboe [/ˈəʊbəʊ/]

Answer 17

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.

Question 18

clarinet [/ˌklærəˈnet/]

Answer 18

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.

Question 19

tuba [/ˈtjuːbə/]

Answer 19

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

Question 20

trombone [/trɒmˈbəʊn/]

Answer 20

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

Question 21

xylophone [/ˈzaɪləfəʊn/]

Answer 21

a musical instrument which consists of metal or wooden bars of different lengths that you hit with a special stick

Question 22

genre [/ˈʒɒnrə/]

Answer 22

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

Question 23

presumably [/prɪˈzjuːməbli]

Answer 23

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?