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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
                                                                        friends to the concert! If you don’t play
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                                                                        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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