Unit 2 The universal language Word power
Brainstorming 1. Do you know how to play the piano /violin /guitar? 2. What is an orchestra like? 3. What kind of music is performed by an orchestra? (classical music/opera) 4. Do you know any famous orchestras in China or abroad?
Read Part A on P22 and try to finish the following blanks.
More information about orchestras An orchestra small: a __________ orchestra large: a __________________orchestra Four groups of musical instruments ______ ______ Music of an orchestra _______classical music _______ popular music music from different_______ chamber symphony\philharmonic strings woodwind brass percussion western opera countries
More information about orchestras The members of an orchestra; and so on musicians conductor pianist violinist flutist
chamber Some pictures of orchestra
woodwind bassoon
woodwind clarinet oboe
woodwind piccolo flute
strings harp
strings violas violin cello double bass
brass saxophone trombone tubas horn trumpet
percussion timpani xylophone gong
percussion cymbals Bass drum
Answers B : strings: harp, violas, double basses brass: saxophones, trombones, tubas woodwind: oboes, bassoons, piccolos percussion: timpani, xylophones, gangs
Answers C (1) orchestra (2) chamber (3) symphony (4)strings (5) brass (6) violins (7) cellos (8) brass (9) trumpets (10) Flutes (11) woodwind (12) bass drums
Answers D the instruments in red: strings the instruments in blue: woodwind the instruments in green: brass the instruments in yellow: percussion
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