MUSIC

WHAT IS MUSIC TO YOU?

DEFINE “GOOD” MUSIC.
PLUGGED IN
EARPHONES
ARTIST

• A PROFESSIONAL SINGER, MUSICIAN OR SONGWRITER - TAYLOR SWIFT HAS BECOME ONE OF MUSIC'S
BEST-SELLING ARTISTS.
CLASSICAL MUSIC

• EUROPEAN ORCHESTRAL AND KEYBOARD MUSIC THAT'S WRITTEN BY COMPOSERS - SAYOKO LOVES
LISTENING TO CLASSICAL MUSIC, ESPECIALLY THE MUSIC OF MOZART AND BEETHOVEN.
COUNTRY MUSIC

• A GENRE OF AMERICAN MUSIC WITH ORIGINS IN THE RURAL FOLK MUSIC OF EUROPE - MANY PEOPLE
WERE SURPRISED WHEN RAY CHARLES BEGAN SINGING COUNTRY MUSIC.
FOLK MUSIC

• TRADITIONAL MUSIC FROM A PARTICULAR REGION OR COUNTRY - DID YOU HEAR ANY TRADITIONAL FOLK
MUSIC WHILE YOU WERE IN CHINA?
GENRE 

• A KIND OR STYLE OF MUSIC, MOVIE, TV SHOW, PAINTING, ETC. - IN MUSIC CLASSES AT SCHOOL, THE ONLY
GENRES WE STUDIED WERE CLASSICAL MUSIC AND JAZZ.
HARMONY 

• THE COMBINING OF MUSICAL NOTES THAT SOUND GOOD WHEN PLAYED OR SUNG TOGETHER - IF SINGERS
DON'T SING IN HARMONY, IT CAN SOUND TERRIBLE.
HIP HOP (ALSO "RAP") 

• A MUSICAL GENRE IN WHICH ARTISTS RAP OVER BEATS AND SAMPLED SOUNDS
JAZZ 

• A GENRE IN WHICH ARTISTS IMPROVISE WITHIN A RHYTHMIC AND HARMONIC FRAMEWORK

LATIN MUSIC 

• A GENRE OF POPULAR MUSIC IN LATIN AMERICA AND SPAIN THAT HAS COMPLEX RHYTHMS - I HADN'T
HEARD MUCH LATIN MUSIC UNTIL I VISITED MEXICO AND SOUTH AMERICA
LYRICS 

• THE WORDS OF A SONG - IF YOU DON'T LISTEN TO THE LYRICS, YOU WON'T KNOW WHAT A SONG IS
ABOUT.
MELODY 

• A TUNE, OR THE NOTES OF A SONG - CAN YOU WHISTLE THE MELODY OF THE SONG THAT BEGINS WITH
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU"?
POP MUSIC 

• A POPULAR MUSIC GENRE WITH SHORT, MELODIC SONGS THAT ARE EASY TO REMEMBER - MY UNCLE'S
NEARLY 60, BUT HE STILL LIKES LISTENING TO POP MUSIC.
POPULAR MUSIC

• MUSIC THAT MANY PEOPLE LIKE AND BUY, LIKE ROCK MUSIC AND HEAVY METAL, HIP HOP AND RAP, POP
SONGS, ETC. - OUR MUSIC TEACHER KNOWS LOTS ABOUT CLASSICAL MUSIC, BUT NOTHING ABOUT
POPULAR MUSIC.
RECORDING 

• A PIECE OF MUSIC THAT'S RECORDED IN A STUDIO OR AT A CONCERT - RECORDINGS USED TO BE MADE

ON TAPE RECORDERS, BUT THEY'RE USUALLY DIGITAL NOW.
RHYTHM 

• A PATTERN OF BEATS AND SOUNDS THAT MUSICIANS PLAY IN TIME TO AND DANCERS MOVE TO - THE
RHYTHMS OF AFRICAN MUSIC ARE MUCH MORE COMPLEX THAN THOSE OF EUROPEAN MUSIC.
ROCK MUSIC

• RHYTHMIC BLUES-BASED MUSIC PLAYED ON GUITAR, BASS, DRUMS, ETC. - LET'S LISTEN TO SOME ROCK
MUSIC FOR A CHANGE.
TRADITIONAL MUSIC

•  MUSIC THAT DEVELOPED OVER A VERY LONG TIME, LIKE TRADITIONAL AFRICAN DRUMMING AND CHINESE
FOLK SONGS - PEOPLE STILL PLAY TRADITIONAL MUSIC IN PERU'S MOUNTAIN VILLAGES.
LIVE MUSIC

• RECORDINGS
• THEY LOVE LISTENING TO RECORDINGS OF THEIR FAVOURITE ARTISTS.
MELODIES 
LYRICS 
POP MUSIC
MOVING TO THE BEAT OF DANCE
MUSIC.
HARMONIES

• BEAUTIFUL HARMONIES OF CLASSICAL MUSIC,
RHYTHMS OF JAZZ 
THE POWER AND EXCITEMENT OF ROCK MUSIC.
STRONG BEATS AND LYRICS OF HIP HOP,
GENRES

• COUNTRY MUSIC, FOLK MUSIC AND LATIN MUSIC.

WHAT MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN TO WHEN
YOU’RE
STRESSED/ANGRY/HAPPY/SAD?
ARE YOU A MUSICIAN? CAN YOU SING?
WHAT’S MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU, A
GOOD MELODY OR GOOD LYRICS?
WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC DO YOU
LIKE/DISLIKE?
HOW DO YOU CERTAIN KINDS OF
MUSIC MAKE YOU FEEL?
WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC COME FROM
YOUR COUNTRY?
WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE
SONG/ALBUM/ARTIST?
WHAT MUSIC IS POPULAR IN YOUR
COUNTRY RIGHT NOW?
IDIOMS
to face the music
to blow my own trumpet 
like a broken record
banging on 
change the record 
struck a chord 
calls the tune/shots 
fit as a fiddle
music to my ears.
•THERE’S NO POINT DENYING IT OR PUTTING IT OFF IT’S TIME TO FACE THE MUSIC AND ADMIT YOU
DID IT.
•I DON’T WANT TO BLOW MY OWN TRUMPET BUT I THINK I DEALT WITH THAT SITUATION RATHER
WELL.
•PAUL IS LIKE A BROKEN RECORD, HE’S ALWAYS BANGING ON ABOUT VEGAN FOOD.
•CHANGE THE RECORD JANET, WE’VE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE!
•THE LYRICS IN THE SECOND VERSE REALLY STRUCK A CHORD WITH ME WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER.
•SHE’S THE ONE WHO CALLS THE TUNE/SHOTS IN THAT OFFICE.
•MY GRANDDAD IS AMAZING, 90 YEARS OLD AND STILL FIT AS A FIDDLE.
•WHEN THEY TOLD ME THE SCHOOL WOULD HAVE TO CLOSE EARLY IT WAS MUSIC TO MY EARS.