UNIT 12: MUSIC

LESSON SCHEME
1. WARM-UP
2. READING TEXT
3. VOCABULARY
4. QUESTIONS
5. GAP-FILL
6. DISCUSSION
7. MUSIC
8. SUMMARY

QUESTIONS
1. A learned and serious audience
2. Classical music depends on formal appeal, but romantic
music depends on emotional stimulation
3. Because it consists of short songs with a strong beat and
simple tunes, which are easy to remember
4. Because it is transmitted orally
5. In the 1950s
6. He was known as the King of Rock-n-Roll
7. It comes from rock-n-roll
8. Electric guitars

VOCABULARY
1. _____________ so good or important that you could
not manage without
2. _____________ a long piece of music for an orchestra,
usually with four movements
3. _____________ alone; without other people
4. _____________ an object, such as a piano, guitar,
or drum, that is played to produce musical sounds
5. _____________ the group of people together in
one place to watch or listen to a play, film,
someone speaking, etc.
6. _____________ a regular emphasis, or a place in
the music where such an emphasis is expected
7. _____________ relating to love or a close loving
relationship
8. _____________ a series of musical notes, especially one
that is pleasant and easy to remember
Music type
Classical

Folk
Pop

Rock-n-roll
Rock

Description
For a (1)
audience; dependent more
on
formal appeal
Transmitted orally (2)
composers,has
several versions
Non classical type of music
emerging in (4)
; short songs with a strong
beat and simple tunes (5)
Developed from (6)
music in the (7)
Developed in the 1960s
from (9)
,strong
beat, based on a solo voice
and electric guitars

Example
Symphony No.40

(3)
Papa by Paul Alka

(8)
by the King of
rock-n-roll
Satisfaction by (10)

GAP-FILL
Opera refers to a dramatic (1)_____ form, originating
in Europe, in which the (2)______ content is (3)______
to the audience as much through music, both vocal
and (4)______, as it is through the lyrics. By contrast,
in musical theater an actor's dramatic performance is
primary, and the music (5)______ a lesser role. The
drama in opera is presented using the primary
(6)______ of theater such as scenery, costumes, and
acting. However, the words of the opera, or libretto, are
sung rather than (7)______. The singers are
accompanied by a musical ensemble ranging from a
small instrumental ensemble to a full (8)______
orchestra.

Plays elements
symphony
Art
emotion
emotional
instrument
Instrumental

spoken
talked
symphonic
conveyed

THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC - ABBA

I'm nothing special, in fact I'm a bit of a (1)______
If I tell a (2)______, you've probably heard it before
But I have a talent, a wonderful thing
'cause everyone listens when I start to (3)______
I'm so (4)______ and proud
All I want is to sing it out loud
So I say
Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing
Thanks for all the (5)______ they're bringing
Who can live without it, I ask in all (6)______
What would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for the music
For giving it to me
Mother says I was a(7)______ before I could walk
She says I began to sing (8)______ before I could talk
And I've often wondered, how did it all start?
Who found out that nothing can capture a (9)______
Like a melody can?
Well, (10)______ it was, I'm a fan
(chorus)
I've been so lucky, I am the girl with golden hair
I wanna sing it out to everybody
What a joy, what a life, what a chance!
(chorus)