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Your fellow student Violeta sent me that video for the song by Nina Simone. Have a look, It is really funny!

VERBS	EXAMPLE SENTENCES	RELATED WORDS
Accompany  /əˈkʌmpəni/  -nies, -nying, -nied	The violinist was accompanied by a famous pianist in that concert.	Aaccompanist, accompaniment
Apply /əˈplaɪ/ applies, applying, applied	I am going to apply for a scholarship to attend the master-classes.	Application form
Blow /bləʊ/ -blew  -blown	The flutist blew very gently to produce the last sound.
Draw /drɔː/ -drew –drawn	The double bass teacher told her to draw the bow.
Enroll /ɪnˈrəʊl/ -enrolled	Are you enrolling in the Improvisation workshop?
Expel /ɪkˈspel/ -expelled	I could be expelled for insubordination…!
Finger	Do you need to finger the keys of your instrument to make it sound?
Hit - hit –hit	The percussionist hits some instruments with his hands and some others with drumsticks.
Hold -held –held	You have to hold the violin between your shoulder and your chin.
Improvise  / ˈɪmprəvaɪz/	Have you ever improvised with other musicians?	Improvisation
Lengthen / ˈleŋθən/	In the Alexander technique you have to ask your back to lengthen.	Long, length, lengthening
Lift	Lift your arm and then let it fall down to feel its weight
Perform /pərˈfɔːrm /	She has performed with many orchestras around the world	Performer, performance

Practice / ˈpræktɪs/	You don’t need to practice ten hours a day to be a good musician.
Press	I pressed the wrong key on the piano	Pressure
Raise /reɪz/	Can you raise the volume, please?
Realize / ˈriːəlaɪz/	I hadn’t realized that she was already there
Register / ˈredʒɪstə(r)	The fee to register in that workshop is too expensive.	Registration form
Rehearse /rɪˈhɜːrs /	I am rehearsing with my string quartet this evening	Rehearsal
Release /rɪˈliːs/	Release the weight of your arm so you can take advantage of the force of gravity
Shake /ʃeɪk/ -shook- shaken	He shook the shaker in dotted rhythm in that part of the song
Shorten / ˈʃɔːrtnʲ /	When you have a dotted rhythm, you have to lengthen the long note and shorten the short one	short
Slide  /slaɪd/ -slid- slid /slɪd/	The pianist slid the finger from the black key to the white key. When playing a descending glissando, use the back side of your thumb to slide down the white keys.
Sound /saʊnd/	These speakers don’t sound very well.
Stretch /stretʃ/	I recommend  stretching your muscles before and after practicing your instrument
Tune /tjuːn/	We need the piano tuner to come and tune the piano before the concert
Turn up/ turn down	I turned down the volume to listen to what they were saying.

VOCBULARY LIST INSTRUMENTS PARTS

STRING INTRUMENTS	INSTRUMENTOS DE CUERDA
Back
Belly
Body
Bow
Bridge
Chin rest
F holes
Fine tuners
Fingerboard
Neck
Pegbox
Scroll
Sides
Sound post / soul post
Strings
Tailpiece
Tail Spike /endpin
Top
Tuning pegs
Waist

WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS	VIENTO MADERA
Barrel
Bell
Cane
Cork
Double reed
Ligature
Lower Joint/ lower section
Mouthpiece
Octave key
Reed
Thumb rest
Upper Joint/upper section
Bocal/ Staple
(FLUTE) Head joint
Foot joint
Body Joint/ Middle joint
Crown
Lip plate
Tuning slide

BRASS INSTRUMENTS	INSTRUMENTOS DE VIENTO METAL
Bell
Mouthpiece
Mute
Tuning slide
Valves
Water key
Slide

PARTS OF THE PIANO	PARTES DEL PIANO
Bass strings
Bridges
Dampers
Fall
Frame
Hammers
Keyboard
Lid
Lyre
Music desk
Piano stool or bench
Piano tuner/ piano technician
Prop stick/  lid prop
Soft pedal
Sostenuto pedal
Sound Board
Sustain pedal
Treble strings

Others:

Music stand

Tuning fork

Tuning liver

The Elements of Music (You should print this text for class)

Sound is created when an object vibrates. These vibrations are perceived by our ears and then sent to our brain. Our brain in turn analyzes these signals and lets us know what type of sound we are hearing (i.e. an alarm clock ringing, a car horn blaring, etc.). Music is differentiated from other sounds because it has certain qualities.

When you listen to a piece of music, you'll notice that it has several different characteristics; it may be soft or loud, slow or fast, combine different instruments and have a regular rhythmic pattern. All of these are known as the "elements of music."

·  Beat and Meter - In order to define meter, let's first define beats. Beats give music its regular rhythmic pattern. Beats are grouped together in a measure; the notes and rests correspond to a certain number of beats. Meter refers to rhythmic patterns produced by grouping together strong and weak beats. Meter may be in duple (2 beats in a measure), triple (3 beats in a measure), quadruple (4 beats in a measure) and so on.

·  Dynamics - Dynamics are abbreviations or symbols used to signify the degree of loudness or softness of a piece of music. It also indicates whether there is a change in volume.

·  Harmony - In general, harmony refers to the combination of notes (or chords) played together and the relationship between a series of chords. But to give you a better understanding of harmony, let's first define melody. Melody refers to the tune of a song or piece of music. It is created by playing a series of notes one after another. Harmony accompanies and supports the melody. It is created by playing a group of notes (either simultaneously or as broken chords) behind the melody thus giving it musical texture.

·  Key - Also known as tonality; a principle in music composition wherein at the end of the piece there is a feeling of completion by going back to the tonic. The tonic (main key or home key) is the principal pitch of a composition. Simply put, key refers to the central note (i.e. key of C), scale (i.e. C scale) and chord (i.e. C Major triad)

·  Melody - It refers to the tune of a song or piece of music. it is the memorable tune created by playing a succession or series of pitches.

·  Musical Instruments and Voice - Musical instruments are classified as percussion, strings, woodwinds, brass and keyboards. Another method of classifying musical instruments according to the type of vibrating material used to produce sound is called the Sachs-Hornbostel System. Our voice is also considered a musical instrument. Each of us has a different voice type or vocal range and no two voices are alike.

·  Music Notation - Refers to the symbols used to represent music when writing it down. These symbols specify the pitch, rhythm and meter of a piece of music.

·  Pitch - The relative lowness or highness that we hear in a sound. The pitch of a sound is based on the frequency of vibration and the size of the vibrating object. The slower the vibration and the bigger the vibrating object, the lower the pitch; the faster the vibration and the smaller the vibrating object, the higher the pitch. For example, the pitch of a double bass is lower than that of the violin because the double bass has longer strings. Pitch may be definite (i.e. piano) or indefinite (i.e. cymbals).

·  Rhythm - It may be defined as the pattern or placement of sounds in time and beats in music. Roger Kamien in his book Music: An Appreciation defines rhythm as "the particular arrangement of note lengths in a piece of music." Rhythm is shaped by meter; it has certain elements such as beat and tempo.

·  Tempo - The Italian word at the beginning of a music piece that indicates how slow or fast the piece should be played. This is called the tempo which is effective throughout the duration of the music unless the composer indicates otherwise.

·  Texture - Musical texture refers to the number of layers as well as the type of layers used in a composition and how these layers are related. Texture may be monophonic (single melodic line), polyphonic (two or more melodic lines) and homophonic (a main melody accompanied by chords).

·  Timbre - Also known as tone color; it refers to the quality of sound that distinguishes one voice or instrument from another. Timbre may range anywhere from dull to lush, from dark to bright (such as the sound of glockenspiels).