Page 24 - B.J. Thomas - INTERMEDIATE Vocabulary

Musie
Classieal musie

1 Put each ot the tollowing words and phrases in its correct place in the
passage below.
musicians bow conductor
string
instruments score concert hall
keys
audience baton bows
While the (a) was filiing up and the (b) were taking their seats, the
(e) were tuning their (d) o The famous (e) entered. He gave
the audienee a low (f) _. _,picked up his (g) , looked briefly at the
(h) whieh lay open in front of him, and raised his hands. The pianist plaeed
her fingers ready over the (i) of her piano. The U) seetion of the
orehestra (violinists, eellists etc.) brought their (k) up, ready to play. The
coneert was about to begin.

Popular musie
2 Instructions as above.
group vocalist live stage number one
tans concert Iyrics top ten recording studio
After the Beatles, The Rolling Stones have probably been the most sueeessful
(a) in Britain. Most of their reeords have gone into the (b) and
they've had many at (e) o But their records have usually been made in a
(d) and I always wanted to hear them (e) at a (f) o I wanted
to see them perform on (g) in front of thousands of exeited (h) o
And I did, at Earls Court in 1990. It was great. And Miek Jagger, the (i) ,
sang all the old favourites. I eouldn't hear the (j) very well beeause of the
noise, but somehow it didn't matter.
3 Explain the difference between ...
(a) an orehestra and a band
(b) pereussion instruments and wind instruments
(e) a coneert and a rehearsal
(d) a composer and a musieian
4
Put one ot the tollowing words in each space in the sentences below.
in at on
by
(a) What record is number one?
(b) Their new reeord is the top ten.
(e) This musie was written Chopin.
(d) I haven't see this group stage.
(e) Who's the guitarist that group?

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