vocabulary unit 3 Flashcards
to be seen as, to be thought of as
to be regarded as
to affect or change how people behave or think, to have an affect on the course of events
influential
to be thought of as
to be seen as
using new methods or ideas
innovative
different from what is usual, from what
most people do
unconventional
making you feel happy and enthusiastic
exciting
to have a certain reputation
to be known as
very good, excellent, amazing,
extraordinary
fab(ulous)
to be the song or album that has sold
more copies than all the others
to head the charts
having received good reviews from a
number of critics
critically acclaimed
not modern
old-fashioned
used when stating an opinion that you
believe you could give reasons to support
arguably
extremely surprising and difficult to
understand or imagine
mind-boggling
known and popular all over the world
world-famous
extremely interesting
fascinating
liked by many people
popular
the group of instruments that have strings
strings
musical instruments that you play by
hitting them with your hand or an object
percussion
musical instruments consisting of a pipe or
tube from brass fitted with a mouthpiece
horns
someone who plays the bass guitar (an
electric guitar with four strings that plays
very low notes)
a bass player
someone who plays the drums
a drummer
someone who plays the guitar
a guitarist / a guitar player
someone who sings in a band
a singer
the words of a song
the lyrics
the end of the band, the moment they
split up
a break-up
a person who makes the practical and
financial arrangements needed to make a
cd or other recording
a producer
the group of people together in one place
to watch or listen to a play, film, someone
speaking, etc
the audience
music that has been recorded to be
listened to later
a recording
someone who plays the trumpet
a trumpet player
someone who plays the keyboards
a keyboard player
someone who plays the piano
a piano player
a thin, round piece of plastic on which
music, etc. is recorded; a piece or
collection of music released as a record, or
on CD, the internet, etc.
a record
someone who writes songs
a songwriter
to make the song available for the public
to buy
to release a song
to have many very popular songs
to have many hits
to sell a lot of collections of several pieces
of music, made available as a single item
on a cd, the internet
to sell lots of albums
to give a performance
to play a gig
to play at an organized set of musical
performances
to play at a festival
to store sounds or moving pictures using
electronic equipment so that they can be
heard or seen later
to record a song
to be given a prize and/or money as a sign
of appreciation
to receive an award
to come together as a group of people
who play music together
to form a band
to stop being a band, to stop recording
and performing together
to break up
reusing a portion of a sound recording in a
new piece of music
sampling
to record part of a song and use the
recording to make a new piece of music
to sample
to go on a tour somewhere; to travel
around a place to perform
to tour
to remind someone of something in the
past
to take someone back
encouraging, making you feel you want to
do something
inspiring
very good, advanced or successful
next level
repeated many times
repetitive
enjoyable; easy to like
pleasant
to be interested in something
to be into something
to make someone feel better when they
are sad or worried
to comfort
to get a sudden good idea from something
to get inspiration from
to make someone remember something
or feel an emotion
to evoke
to describe something very well using
words
to capture
excited, crazy behaviour
a frenzy / a mania
to formally introduce, with a special
ceremony
to induct into the hall of fame
