Grade 12 English Unit 18: Music and Creation (with Grammar Solutions)- Language Development

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Reading

A Life of Sound and Silence

Working with words

A. Find the single words for the following definitions. The words are given in the jumbled letters at the end.

a. A person who hates or distrusts mankind ………. imaseponrth

b. A sensation of noise, such as a ringing or roaring ………. stiniunt

c. An examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death…..osyaput

d. A musical composition or movement for five instruments or voices…..itqneut

e. A severe life-threatening illness caused by a bacterium. ….. simetining

f. An object that directs one's attention away from something else….nodsitstarc

g. The action or process of becoming impaired or inferior in quality, functioning, or condition………… nedotietraroi

h. Failing to perceive something……… ntpimepcirepe

i. A hearing disorder that makes it hard to deal with everyday sounds…………sihpyraesuc

j. A bacterial infection usually spread by sexual contact………….. pysslihi


B. Put the musical instruments into different categories as below.

drum | violin | trumpet | harmonica | viola | clarinet | cymbal | conch | tabla bell | trombone cello tambourine | double bass | harp

wind instruments | stringed instruments | percussion instruments


C. Use a dictionary and find the definition of these genres of music.

Rock music: a form of popular music that evolved from rock and roll and pop music during the mid and late 1960s. Harsher and often self-consciously more serious than its predecessors, it was initially characterized by musical experimentation and drug-related or anti-establishment lyrics.

Pop music: commercial popular music, in particular accessible, tuneful music of a kind popular since the 1950s and sometimes contrasted with rock, soul, or other forms of popular music.

Hip hop: a style of popular music of US black and Hispanic origin, featuring rap with an electronic backing.

Jazz: a type of music of black American origin which emerged at the beginning of the 20th century, characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm. 

Folk music: music that originates in traditional popular culture or that is written in such a style. Folk music is typical of unknown authorship and is transmitted orally from generation to generation.

Classic music: Classical music is a term that most commonly refers to the formal musical tradition of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions.

Blues: melancholic music of black American folk origin, typically in a twelve-bar sequence. It developed in the rural southern US towards the end of the 19th century, finding a wider audience in the 1940s, as black people migrated to the cities. 

Heavy metal: a type of highly amplified harsh-sounding rock music with a strong beat, characteristically using violent or fantastic imagery.

Gospel music: Gospel music is a genre of Christian music. Gospel music is composed and performed for many purposes, including aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, and as an entertainment product for the marketplace.

Country music: a form of popular music originating in the rural southern US. It is a mixture of ballads and dance tunes played characteristically on fiddle, banjo, guitar, and pedal steel guitar.

Grunge: a style of rock music characterized by a raucous guitar sound and lazy vocal delivery. 

Breakbeat: a sample of a syncopated drumbeat, usually repeated to form a rhythm used as a basis for dance music, hip-hop, etc. 

Reggae: a style of popular music with a strongly accented subsidiary beat, originating in Jamaica.

Disco: a club or party at which people dance to recorded pop music.

Dubstep: a form of dance music, typically instrumental, characterized by a sparse, syncopated rhythm and a strong bassline.



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