44 | can talk about music A Musical instruments and musicians ¢? ~~ BY 1 trumpet 2saxophone 3 flute 4organ 6piano 7 violin 8 cello 9 guitar FranyLisst was a composer but also a great pianist. Chris Martin is the lead singer and main songwriter in the rock band Coldplay. Mark Elder is the conductor of the Hallé Orchestra number of people who play mu: 5 keyboard We often use this sufiix forthe person who plays a particular instrument, e.g, ist, violinist, pianist, saxophonist, cellist, organist. But we say trumpeter, “drumimer, and usually Keyboard player. The word fora fhite player is flantist: note the change in spelling. logether athingthatisused for playing ban music. SiN group. musician a person who plays a musical instrument. conductor the person in an orchestra who directs composer a person who writes music. compose v. the musicians. Jead singer the main singer in a band. orchestra a larg’ songwriter a person who writes the words and music together, music for a song. oup of musicians who play @ complete the words for the musical instruments, then write the person who plays them. > piano. 7 pianist one / 1 vi t 5 sax 2 SOs eens of ‘a 6 ce ds 3 f 7 fl di > They both play ina rock band 1 My brother plays the violin in an o- / ‘Oasis’, and his brother Liam 2 Noel Gallagher plays the g in the rock b isthe | singer 3 Do you play a musical i Bah 4. I don't like modern ¢_.__._._ such a5 Bartok and Stockhausen. 5 Paul Simon sings and plays the guitar out is most famous as as... 6 Mike's playing quitar, but who is the keyboard p ? 7 There are five in the band and they're all good m, 8 Sir Georg Solti was the c of several wonderful orchestras. © BB test yourselt. cover the words and look at the pictures. What are the instruments? 116 MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENTB Who do you admire? 6% “Music questionnaire: 1 Write the nome of a modern band or solo artist that you admire. 2 Has their music been influenced by amyone/anything? 3 Do they write cnd record their own music or play other people's? solo artist a singer or musician who is not part of aband, admire sb like sb and think they have achieved a lot. admiration x. influence sb/sth make a change to the way sb thinks. influence x record sth put music, a film, etc. onto a CD or tape. recording x. album a collection of songs (often eight or ten). 4 Do they often do live concerts? Have you 6 Why does their music appeal to you? Is it seen them play live? 5 What was the last album they released? | becenise of a great voice / talented musicians / lovely _ melodies / good lyrics? release sth put an album onto the market so people can buy it. release w. appeal to sb be attractive or interesting to sb. appeal x. voice the sound a person makes when they talk orsing talented having a lot ofability. talent melody a series of musical notes in a particular order. svw tune INE. lyrics the words of a song, Living and alive mean ‘not dead’, but alive is nol used before a noun. He's one of the greatest living composers. Mozart isn't alive today. Live apy, any (sounds like fire} means ‘seen or heard as it is happening’. We saw the hand play Live, then watched a recording of the concert on TV. Circle the correct answer > James Brown isn't liVEGINS any longer. 4 1. [like the tune but not the lyries/melody. 5 2 Ishea sola/single artist? 6 3. I've never seen the band live/alive 7 Complete the text with words from the box. albums influenced talentedY release appeals Katie Melua has a great tune/voice He's one of the best living/alive songwriters. The song has a beautiful melody/voice. is music appeals/influences to me. solo recorded admire recording Gilberto Gil is a Brazilian singer and guitarist, and one of his country’s most » talented songwriters. As a young musician in the 1950s, he was (1)... his first album, Louvacéo, until 1967. He travelled in the _..... an allburn in English, and, in 1980, introduced reggae to Brazil with his of the Bob Marley song, ‘No woman, no cry’. He has played with many musicians, artist. In all he has produced over 40 to people because of the rhythm and melodies, but him for his work in politics and for social causes. Joao Gilberto, but he didn’t 2). yee3 (oc io pumegien 4) while continuing his career as a (5) (6) His music (7) people also (8) _ by the bossa nova style of @ ABOUT YOU Write your answers to the questionnaire, or ask another student. MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT 117