DEVOIR D'ANGLAIS

I / Part 1: vocabulary

2 / vocal music without instruments: (paragraph 1) = music transmitted by word of mouth.

3 / the art of the traditional style of a country or a community (paragraph 1) = Music without known
composer contrasted with commercial and classical stylmout.

4 / A person who writes music (paragraph 2) = Music without known composer contrasted with
commercial and classical styles.

5 / a particular way of conceiving music (paragraph 2) = folk music normally exists in the oral
tradition is taught and learned by word of mouth without using written music.

6 / musicians who sing folk songs (paragraph 3) = the songs of art or popular are taken up by people
who sing.

7 / series of movement and usual step = folk songs are associated with activities such as: work,
games, dances , wars or ceremonies.

8 / there are still others which are pure entertaining.

9 / normally produced and disseminated by formal institutions such as schools or churches

PART2

1 / the text speaks of folk music

2 / the characteristics of folk music

3 / folk music can be defined as the original traditional music of a people or a community. It
transforms by voice and made for games, work ...

4 / folk music is music based on the origin of a people. It is transmitted orally. While written music
follows classical writing rules and is transmitted through documents (scores)

5 / its people are: a fusion of folk rock, electric folk, folk metal, progressive folk music.

6 / folk music is transmitted to the performer or the listener by voice.

7 / an example of traditional music identical to folk music is: abodan. This musical genre originates
from the south of the Ivory Coast and transmitted orally, playing ceremonies .

PART4: transform the sentence into French

La musique folklorique est le terme utilisé pour désigner la musique traditionnelle d'un gens en
contraste avec la musique dite populaire et la musique sérieuse des salles de concert et des opéras .
La meilleure approche pour définir la musique folklorique peut être identifiée a certains
caractéristiques.

PART5

Is the quirky coupé a folk music?

The Ivory Coast is a country of the African located more precisely in the west of Africa. This country
has in its breasts more than 60 ethnic groups with all a culture and a different rhythm from which
comes the offbeat cut a musical genre which draws its sources from the traditional Ivorian origins.
Indeed this musical genre has for source the nice ( rhythm originating in the north of the ivory coast
in the malinké region.

Furthermore, this musical genre cannot be transcribed because it is transmitted orally, by word of
mouth. It highlights the Ivorian culture through its originality.

PART THREE- LANGUAGE FUNCTION: Complete the table.

1/present simple

_ folk music is popular music

Past simple : folk music was popular music .

Présent perfect : it has been a popular music

2/present simple : music is sung by folkisingers

Past simple : music was sung by folksingers .

Present simple : music vas been sung by folksingers.

3/present perfect : folk songs are associated with activities

Past simple : folk songs were associated with activities

Present simple : folk songs have been associated with activities

4/présent perfect : Mickael Jackson sings hard rock

Past simple : Mickael Jackson sang hard rock

Present perfect : Mickael Jackson will have sung hard rock

5/present simple : the performer writes music too

Past simple : the performer wrote the music too

Present perfect : the performer wrote the music too