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VOCABULARY 1

1 Listen and read. TR: 3.1

2 Listen and repeat. TR: 3.2

There are three main types of musical instruments. String instruments
make sounds when you pluck the strings. Wind instruments make
sounds when you blow air through them. Percussion instruments make
different sounds when you hit them or shake them.

Music has its own language. Each single sound is a note. Play two notes
or more at one time to make a chord. Notes and chords played one
after the other make a melody. The thump, thump, thump that makes a piano a flute a saxophone
you want to dance is the beat. Put all the beats together, slow and fast,
repeat them over time, and you have a rhythm.
Do you want your band to play better?
You have to practice! Play songs again
and again until they sound really good.

When your band sounds good, you can
a violin perform for an audience. Invite your
www.english0905.com a guitar friends to the concert! If you don’t play

an instrument but you sing well, you
could be the lead singer!

3 Ask and answer. Work with
a partner. What did you learn?
a drum

How many types of There are three main types.
instruments are there?

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