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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- In two minutes, write as many different music genres as you can think of.
- Compare your lists with your partners’ lists. Do you know the styles of music on their lists? What are your opinions of these genres of music?
- subgenre = a “smaller” type of music within a larger genre
- p. 105 - Street performers.
- part 2 - With your partner, categorize these words. Then add one or two more words to each category (except genres)
- a folk, dance
- b solo artist, duet, trio, quartet, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, band, orchestra, choir
- c instrumental, ballad, remix, cover, duet, round, waltz, sonata, fugue
- d melodic, soothing, chill, smooth, cheerful, catchy, romantic, rhythmic
- e sophisticated, eclectic, refined, bad, good, poor
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- http://learnersdictionary.com/ - Webster’s dictionary with simpler explanations of words
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- tech-, schol-, chem-, mech-, archaeo-, archi-, psych-, cho(i)r-, char-
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- lip-synching = moving your lips in time with a song, without actually singing
- autotune = modify the voice so it sounds like it’s singing when perhaps the voice is spoken or out of tune
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- World music: music that mixes styles from different parts of the world
- p. 106 part 1 - In groups of 3 discuss these questions.
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- http://radiooooo.com/ - music from different countries and different decades
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- BREAK
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- p. 106 - Read the interview.
- part 2 - Which statement summarizes Justin Cape’s opinion? - b
- part 3 - What is each thing an example of in the interview?
- 1 d
- 2 c
- 3 a
- 4 b
- “The British Invasion” = the phenomenon of several British musical groups becoming very popular in the US in the 60s and 70s
- How much has English-language music influenced music in your country?
- Live Free or Die Hard = Duro de Matar 4.0
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- p. 107 part 8
- 1 Think of three of your favorite song titles in English and two in your own language.
- 2 Check if the words from your English songs are on the list, then translate the titles of your other songs to English. Are those words there?
- 3 Discuss the themes of your songs and of the songs you think contributed to the word list.
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- Language focus: the adverb “just”
- Things that the adverb “just” can mean: only, recently, simply, a little, exactly
- just about = almost
- just as / just like = very similar
- They just finished the first part.
- - probably means “recently”
- - could also mean “only” (as in, everyone else has finished all the parts)
- = They finished just the first part.
- “just” goes before the word or phrase it modifies
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- part 6 - Where should “just” go in these sentences? What does it mean there?
- 1 If you took the time to listen to Ry Cooder, you’d definitely like him.
- 2 I’ve heard his new single on the radio.
- 3 It’s over ten years since they last performed.
- 4 Hearing her sing gives me goosebumps.
- 5 The concert is in an old theater behind the bank on Main Street.
- 6 Thank you for the CD; it’s what I wanted.
- 7 I can’t understand why you like his music!
- 8 I’m as interested in the lyrics as the music.
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- Homework: p. 168 practice 1 (and finish p. 107 part 6 if you didn’t in class)
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