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Words from Music -Practice
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Many words in everyday language come from music, for example: “I hope the
evening doesn’t end on a sour note,” or “Even if you make a wisecrack, he
doesn’t miss a beat but keeps on talking.” Many musical terms can be used in a
musical context or in an everyday context.
Musical language used in musical context:
The quartet of carolers sang in perfect harmony.
Musical language used in everyday, nonmusical context:
We should all try to get along and live in harmony.
Each sentence contains a word from music. On the line, write either musical or
nonmusical to show how the word is used in the sentence.
1. _________ My heart skips a beat every time I see my favorite actor on the
movie screen.
2. _________ The attack on Fort Sumter was just a prelude of the major
battles to come in the Civil War.
3. _________ My parents attend a chamber music concert every Wednesday
night.
4. _________ The group played a medley of its greatest hits.
5. _________ I was so excited to learn that I had been accepted to sing in the
school chorus.
6. _________ That new sports car your mom just bought really rocks!
7. _________ The wedding planner will attempt to orchestrate the efforts of
several dozen people in hopes of making the party a smashing success.
8. _________ The conductor told the musicians to watch his baton for the
downbeat.
9. _________ I always find it thrilling when the lights dim and the orchestra
begins to play the overture of a musical production.
10. _________ The cheerful weatherman tried to inject an upbeat note into
that night’s gloomy weather forecast.
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Words from Music -Assess
Each sentence contains a word from music. On the line below the sentence, write
either musical or nonmusical to show how the word is used in the sentence.
1.
The song had a good beat, but the melody was dull.
2.
As the house lights darkened, the air filled with the sounds of the
symphony’s prelude.
3.
The United Nations seeks to encourage nations to act in concert to
resolve conflicts peacefully.
4.
The soup had a delicious medley of different flavors.
5.
The crowd erupted in a chorus of boos.
6.
The music that you hear in the background of every movie requires a
special expert to orchestrate the composer’s ideas.
7.
The movie had a depressing downbeat quality.
8.
The chief executive of the hotel chain made overtures to the president
of the car-rental company about arranging a merger.
9.
The upbeat is an unaccented beat in a musical measure.
10.
She sang the part cantabile, in a fluid, melodic way.
Write three sentences of your own in which you correctly use three of the
underlined musical terms above. ________________________________________
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