Unit 5: Key Words, Unit 5

This list covers "Touching Sound with Evelyn Glennie," "The Tin Can Orchestra," and "Hanoi's Music Scene."
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  1. note
    a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
    Evelyn soon found out she had what musicians call “perfect pitch.” She could hear the notes perfectly in her mind.
  2. vibration
    a shaky motion
    Evelyn knew she could hear the correct music notes in her mind. She also used her body to feel the vibrations the instruments made. She learned to play many percussion instruments.
  3. instrument
    a device that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
    Evelyn knew she could hear the correct music notes in her mind. She also used her body to feel the vibrations the instruments made. She learned to play many percussion instruments.
  4. percussion
    the group of instruments that are played by striking
    Evelyn knew she could hear the correct music notes in her mind. She also used her body to feel the vibrations the instruments made. She learned to play many percussion instruments.
  5. award
    a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
    Evelyn performs in more than 100 concerts each year. She has won many awards for her music, including several Grammy Awards. These awards recognize high achievement in making and recording music.
  6. composition
    a musical work that has been created
    She writes and produces her own music. Many musicians have written compositions for her to play.
  7. trash
    worthless material that is to be disposed of
    First, take a tin can from the trash.
  8. decorate
    make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
    Next, get some used paint and decorate the tin can.
  9. recycle
    use again after processing
    The young members of The Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, Paraguay, understand this. All of their instruments are made of things people have thrown away.
  10. landfill
    an area where waste is disposed of by burying it underground
    Cateura is a community that sits on a landfill. Their homes are surrounded by mountains of trash, and more than one million kilograms of new trash arrives every day.
  11. carpenter
    a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects
    The school used free musical instruments until the classes became too large. So Favio then went to Nicolas Gomez, a local carpenter, and asked him to make more instruments—out of trash from the landfill.
  12. joy
    the emotion of great happiness
    In time, people outside of Cateura learned about the music school. They came to hear the instruments made from trash. They also saw the joy on the students’ faces when they played.
  13. band
    a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing
    Both local residents and foreign tourists can enjoy different bands and singers. They can also listen to many kinds of music, which include traditional Vietnamese, classical, and modern.
  14. singer
    a person who sings
    Both local residents and foreign tourists can enjoy different bands and singers. They can also listen to many kinds of music, which include traditional Vietnamese, classical, and modern.
  15. emotion
    any strong feeling
    Another interesting thing about live street music is that there is little space between the performers and the audience. This stirs people’s emotions. The people in the audience feel closer to the artist and make many song requests.
  16. festival
    an organized series of acts and performances
    We can see this impact with the large number of international music festivals that take place here every year.
  17. stage
    a large platform on which people can be seen by an audience
    There is yoga, swimming, and 40 hours of nonstop music on five different stages.
  18. audience
    a gathering of spectators or listeners at a performance
    The audience can expect new artists and lots of underground performers.
Created on Fri Feb 04 10:55:19 EST 2022 (updated Thu Mar 24 16:50:08 EDT 2022)

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