LET’S THE

MUSIC

PLAY

2nd of ESO

NAME: _____________________________________________
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We are watching a documentary “Kids orchestra
movie”

1-Listen and fill the gaps. 1st part (0 - 7,35m)

Music is ________________ . People make music by _______________

or by ______________ musical instruments. Someone who has learnt

to sing or to play an instrument well is called a __________________.

There are many _________of musicians. Many kinds of ____________.

Many kinds of music.

Music can sound __________ or it can sound _________. It can sound

____________ or it can sound _____________. It can sound __________

or it can sound___________.

Music can sound as many different ways as you can ______________

Sometimes music tells a____________. Sometimes music is just

________________ sound. Sometimes music makes you want to

jump up and ___________. Sometimes it makes you sit ____________

and listen.

Music can sound like almost anything you can _________________

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2- Now answer these questions

A)According to the listening where can you find music?.

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B)Write the adjectives the documentary use to describe how the music
can sound:

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C) In general, music makes you feel ( personal, not in the documentary)

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D) According to the text what is a musician?

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E) My music listening log

Today we listened to Overture by Guillermo Tell

h"ps://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=EnnU-ptbFEA
It was composed by Gioacchino Rossini

This piece of music makes me

think of
This piece of music makes me
feel

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3-Listen and fill the gaps. 2nd part (7,35- 9,31m)

Making up music is called ________________.

The person who makes up music is called the __________________.

The composer writes down musical ideas using musical pictures

called _________________. There are ________________ notes and

______________ notes. Everywhere in between notes. Every note

stands for a certain musical sound.

When composing a ______________ of music the composer must

think of many things. First the composer must find a certain

arrangement of notes to form the music ____________________.

The melody is the most _________________ part of the music. The

part that you can ______________.

Next the composer may add some other notes that go with the

melody. These notes are called the __________________. Then the

composer must give the music ___________________. Rhythm is the

way the music moves and flows like the ticking of the clock. The

music must have steady ____________ like the beating of your heart.

Some of the beats may be _______________ than others.

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4- Now answer these questions
a)- What is a composer?

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b)-Write a synonymous of make up music.

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c)- The notes can be:

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d)- What is a melody?

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e)- What is the rhythm?

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F) My music listening log

Today we listened to Galop Infernal. Orfeo en los

infiernos.

h"ps://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=A085eyrIGAo
It was composed by J. Offenbach

This piece of music makes me

think of
This piece of music makes me
feel

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5-Listen and fill the gaps. 3rd part ( 9,31-13,35m)

The composer still has other important ______________ to make. Should

the music be __________or _________ or somewhere in ____________?

The ___________ at which the music is played is called its tempo.

Should the music be loud or soft or somewhere in between? The

loudness of the music is called its ________________

Finally the composer must decide which ____________ will play which

part of the ____________. This gives the music its tone ____________.

The same music can sound very_______________ played on different

Instruments.

There are four main ____________ of instruments in an _______________:

The string ____________________, the woodwind instruments, the brass

instruments and the __________________ instruments.

Each of these groups is called a ______________ because all these

instruments are related to each other in important ________________.

The string family is by far the ______________ in the orchestra. All of the

string family instruments have ______________ on them. To play a string

instrument the ___________ either moves a bow across one of the

Strings and plucks it with the finger.

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6- Now answer these questions

a)Write the adjectives the documentary use to describe how the

music can sound:

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b) How many groups of instruments are there in an orchestra?.

Named them.

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c) Look for and write a definition of BOW

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d) Search for the meaning of PIZZICATO

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E) My music listening log

Today we listened to Pizzicato Polka.

h"ps://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=3CAXpuPqfv0
It was composed by Johann and Joseph Strauss

This piece of music makes me

think of
This piece of music makes me
feel

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7-Listen and fill the gaps. 4th part ( 13,35 - 17,06 m)

The violin is the _____________ member of the ____________family but

It is very important because it often plays the _______________. There

are ___________ violins in the orchestra than any other instrument.

The viola looks just like the ____________ but it is a little ____________

and sounds a little bit _________________.

The cello is too __________ to be held under the ___________ like the

violin and viola. It must rest on the ____________ between the player

________________.

The double bass is so big that most ________________ stand up to play

it. It is the _________________ member of the _______________ family

because it is so big and its strings are so ____________ it sounds is

very very _________________

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8-Now answer these questions.

a)Write the names of the instruments belonging to the string family.

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b)Which one is the smallest member of the family?

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c) But why is it so important?

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d) How the musician has to play the cello?

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e) And the double bass?

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F) My music listening log

Today we listened to Carnival of the animals.

Elephants
It was composed by Camille Saint- Säens

This piece of music makes me

think of
This piece of music makes me
feel

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9-Listen and fill the gaps. 5th part ( 17,06- 23,06m)
All the instruments of the woodwind family are narrowed ____________

with a___________of holes in them. Most of them are made of ________

Woodwinds instruments are played by ______________ into them. The

wind of the player’s breath make the air inside the instrument

_________________. The vibrating air makes the ______________. To

play different _____________ on a woodwind instrument the __________

Covers different holes with the __________________. The more holes

that are covered the longer the column _____________ vibrating inside

and the ____________ the sound.

To play the oboe the player blows between two ____________ pieces

of wood. These pieces of wood are _____________ reeds.

There is an instrument called the English Horn but it isn’t ___________

and it isn’t a horn. It’s really a woodwind quite __________ the oboe

except it is a little longer and has an ____ shape bulge on its end.

The bassoon is a very long tube filled it in _______________ to make it

easier to hold and play. Its sound is much lower.

The double bassoon or Contrabassoon is ____________as long as the

bassoon. The double bassoon is so long it can played the ___________

sounds in the whole _____________

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The clarinet looks a lot _________ the oboe but instead of the double

reed the clarinet has only one reed attached to a __________piece.

The flute is different from the other woodwinds. It used to be made of

_____________ a long time ago but today most flutes are made of

_______________ metal. The flute is also different because it is held

sideways instead of up and _________ and because it is played by

blowing across an ______________ hole.

The piccolo is a ______________ flute. It is so small and short that it can

play the _____________ notes.

10- Now answer these questions.

a) Most of the woodwind family are made of:

_______________________________________________________________

b) What instrument in the woodwind family can play the lowest

sounds? And the highest?

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c) Write the names of the woodwind family that appears in the

documentary.

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d) The flute today is made of:

______________________________________________________________

e) Why then does the flute belong to the woodwind family?

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11-Listen and fill the gaps. 5th part (23,06m-26,35m)

The brass family of instruments are all made of __________. A shinny,

gold color metal. They are all long ___________ which are bendand,

twisted into shapes that make them ____________ to hold and play.

Like the_______________ the brass instruments are playing by

____________ into them but the brass have no reeds so to make the air

vibrates the______________ must blow and make a buzzing with his lips

at the _______________ time. To play the different _____________ the

brass player presses on valves with the ______________. Pressing a

valve changes the ___________ of the column of air vibrating inside.

The trumpet is the _______________ member of the brass family so it

can play the _______________ notes. The trumpet sound can be

________________ and excited.The French Horn has so many twists and

turns that if it was straighten out it could be over ___________________

The large opening at the end helps to give the French horn its full

___________ sound. The trombone doesn’t have valves like the other

Brass instruments. Instead it has a sliding section of tubing which the

player moves in and out. The ______________ brass instrument is the

Tuba. It has over ____________ of tubing in it. With such a long column

of air the Tuba can play notes that are very _______________

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12- Now answer these questions.

A) What are the instruments of the brass family made of?

______________________________________________________________

B) Does the brass family have reeds?. How then do they produce
the sound?

_______________________________________________________________

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C) What changes in a brass instrument when you press a valve?

_______________________________________________________________

D) What is the smallest member of the brass instrument? How can

be its sound?

_______________________________________________________________

E) What is the biggest brass instrument?

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F) My music listening log

Today we listened to Mambo from West Side Story

It was composed by Leonard Bernstein

This piece of music makes me

think of
This piece of music makes me
feel
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12-Listen and fill the gaps. 6th part (26,35m-29,43m)
Instruments of the percussion family are played by being strucked or

shaking.This makes the instruments____________ which makes the

sound. Some of the percussion instruments are used mainly for

______________like the snare drum and the bass drum. Others are use

mainly for their special __________________ like the cymbals, triangle

tambourine and gong.

A few of the percussion instruments can play different _______________

like the xylophone, glockenspiel and chimes. The kettledrum or timpani

are like giant bowls with a ________________ covering stretched over

the _________________.There are usually ____________ kettledrums in

an orchestra. One _______________ plays them all. Each kettledrum

can be tuned to play a _____________________ note.

The piano is a very ________________ instrument. It has a keyboard with

_______keys on it. Inside the piano are 88 little wooden hammers and

many wire strings.When the __________________ presses on a key it

moves a hammer which strikes certain strings. The player can press

______________ keys at the same time. The piano doesn’t always play

with the orchestra but when it ______________ it usually has an

important part. The celesta ___________________ a little piano but

instead of wire strings inside it has metal bars. They give the celesta its

bell like sound.

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13- Now answer these questions.

A) What are the instruments of the percussion family used mainly

for rhythm?

______________________________________________________________

B) And what are the instruments of the percussion family used for
the special sound?

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

C)What are the instruments of the percussion family that can play
different notes?

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D) How many kettledrums are in an orchestra?

_______________________________________________________________

E) How many keys has a piano?

_______________________________________________________________

F) Does the piano usually play with the orchestra?

______________________________________________________________

G) How does the celeste look like?

______________________________________________________________

H) What is the different between a celesta and a piano?

______________________________________________________________
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14-Listen and fill the gaps. 6th part (29,43m to the end)

Another unusual instrument is the harp. The harp has ______ strings at

different lengths. Each ____________ sounds a different note. The harp

is ___________ by plucking or brushing it with the ______________

Finally there is one ______________ of the orchestra who is very

important. This is the conductor. The conductor is the ______________

who guides the musicians as they are playing so that ________________

Will play together perfectly. Holding a little __________ called a button in

the right hand the conductor shows the musician tempo and

_______________ of the music to be played. With the ___________ hand

the conductor points to different parts of the _________________ as it is

their turn to play.

Using both hands and _____________ and the whole body, the

conductor expresses the _____________.

After the conductor and the orchestra and all the musicians have

practiced ____________ for a long time, the orchestra is ready to

perform its music in a _____________. The audience fills the concert

hall, the musicians tune their instruments. The conductor enters to

thunderous applause. The conductor raises the button and for a

moment all is __________. Then the button swooshes down and the

orchestra’s music begins.

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15- Now answer these questions.

A) How many strings has the harp?

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B) What is the name of the person who guides the orchestra?

_______________________________________________________________

C) How do we call the stick used by a conductor?

_______________________________________________________________

D) What parts of the body does the conductor use?

______________________________________________________________

E) My music listening log

Today we listened to Flight of the bumblebee

It was composed by Nicolai Rimsky- Korsako

This piece of music makes me

think of
This piece of music makes me
feel

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