| Unit 1
be affected
cause damage
calm down
depress
download
energize
enrich
entertain
fill one’s heart with melancholy
focus
influence
inspire
keep smb. doing smth.
lock off
open up new phases
quicken one’s heartbeat
reflect feelings
relax smb.
vitalize smb.
wind smb. up
Unit 2
band
beat
be in bad taste
be on tour
chamber (music)
classical
commercial (music)
country music
duet
dynamics
express
folk
guitar
lyrical
in unison
hemidemisemiquaver
loudness
key signature
minim
music file
musical notation
music stand
natural
note
pitch
play in tune
play out of tune.
principal oboe
produce sounds
quality/ timbre
quaver
regular vibration
rest
semibreve
semiquaver
sharp
slur
staff/stave
standard pitch
tie
tone colour
treble clef
vibration
volume
Unit 4
String instruments
bow, n.
bow instruments
cello, n.
double bass, n.
guitar, n.
harp, n.
lute, n.
pluck the strings
shake
strike
tambourine (shake drum)
timpani
triangle
xylophone
Keyboard instruments
grand piano
organ
piano/upright/home keyboard
press the keys
release a key
symphony orchestra
Orchestra
accompany
amateur
assistant conductor
background music
baton
chorus
concertmaster
conductor
full range of musical sounds
keep time
kettle drum
part
printed music/ sheet music
recording schedule
rehearsal
renowned genres
skilled
Unit 5
anthem: full and verse
battered piano
be in full spate
chapel
choir
choral pieces
chorister
| military and marching (music)
opera
orchestra.
quartet
record
release energy
R&B (rhythm and blues)
R&R (rock and roll)
saxophone
soul
steady
symphony
take precedence
tonal
vibrational
video
Idioms:
all that jazz
change one’s tune
face the music
jazz up
jazzy
music to one’s ear
sing the blues
soap opera
Unit 3
absolute pitch
amplitude
bar line
beam
circle of fifth
crotchet
demisemiquaver
first violinist
flat
four-four time
frequency
plucked instruments
pull the strings
slide (draw) a bow
strum
viola
violin
Wind instruments
Woodwinds
bagpipe
bassoon
clarinet.
double-reed
English horn
flute
key
oboe
saxophone
single-reed
rehearse
score
soloist
specialize in
brass.
bugle
cornet
French horn
mouthpiece
slide
trombone
trumpet
tuba
valve
Percussion instruments
bell
cymbals
drum.
drum kit (set)
gong
hammer
collaboratively
counterpoint
have unbelievable skill in doing smth.
honky-tonk piano
improvise
in accordance with church traditions
incidental music
musician
ode
performer
play by ear
polyphony
production of plays
ragtime
read music
semiopera
singing.
take musical/theoretical instruction in
tap feet to the tune
tune
voice breaks
write/create/design/compose music, v.
Unit 6
amass
call-and-response format
harpsichord
indigenous music
irregular melodies
mass
noted
recorder
Unit 7
heart-touching
praise
reach peak
ritual song
vigorous
jolly
multistringed
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