READING COMPREHENSION

Ex.3. &Here are 10 questions, one for each text. Which question goes with which text? What do the words underlined refer to?

1. Why did they develop unique shapes in different parts of the world?

2. What did Egyptians put in the tomb of their King Tutankhamen? Why do you think they did that?

3. How many groups of them are there? What are they?

4. What did it develop from?

5. What do they strike in the piano when he presses it?

6. What do musicians do to play these instruments?

7. What is tuned to play definite notes?

8. What do you do to make it inside vibrate?

9. Where can the musician feed sounds to play them back?

10. How many pieces of music did he create for the French horn?

1. THE POUNDING BEAT of an electric guitar might seem far removed from the delicate trill of a classical violin, yet these two instruments make their different sounds in a similar way. Both use a stretched string to create the vibrations we hear as music. The guitar and the violin have similar beginnings, but they actually belong to different families of musical instruments. String instruments such as the violin make their notes when the musician plucks the strings or draws a stretched bow – a bundle of horsehair – across them. Electric instruments, such as the electric guitar, produce weak vibrations that must be amplified for the audience to hear the music. There are five other groups: woodwind, percussion, brass, keyboard and electronic. This short list includes a huge variety: some instruments, such as the hollow wooden flute, are very simple; others, such as the synthesizer, are highly complex

2. STRINGED INSTRUMENTS

Vibrating strings stretched across these instruments make the musical note: the finer the string and the shorter its length, the higher the note. The size of the instruments also affects its sound. The small violin, for example, produces higher sounds than the large double bass. Musicians pluck the strings of guitars, harps, and lutes, and usually use a bow to play the violin, viola, cello, and double bass.

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