Vocabulary Builder - Unit 2

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Melody is a musical line that is the "tune" of the piece. ____ is the part you will probably be humming when you leave the concert!

1. which
2. There
3. This
4. What

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Accompaniment is a musical line that is secondary ____ the melody; and accompaniment parts support the melody.

1. of
2. in
3. with
4. to

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Unison is the sounding of the same note by two or more ____. In a unison piece of music, the players do not have different parts, but all play together.

1. player
2. players
3. the player
4. the players

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The flute has a very high, light and beautiful sound much like ____ of a bird.

1. it
2. this
3. which
4. that

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What about ___________ the piano this afternoon?

1. play
2. playing
3. to play
4. to playing

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I’m interested __________listening to live concert.

1. on
2. in
3. for
4. of

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I enjoyed ________ my grandmother during my summer vacation.

1. seeing
2. see
3. to see
4. to seeing

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The clarinet can play very high and very low, very soft or very loud, so they are used for many types of music, ____ classical, jazz and folk.

1. includes
2. include
3. including
4. included

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The ____ of the brass instruments is produced by the vibration of the player's lips as they blow through the mouthpiece.

1. sound
2. sounds
3. sounding
4. sounder

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YouTube claims that not only does it return money directly to creators, but also that it has a ____ effect on music.

1. promote
2. promoting
3. promoted
4. promotional

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One way to reveal innate constraints on music perception is to show that certain musical stimuli are represented or remembered more accurately than others, independent ____ experience.

1. on
2. to
3. with
4. of

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Every musical instrument, needless to say, requires a long period of development - usually trial-and-error experimentation by generations of craftsmen - before arriving at ____ final perfected form.

1. its
2. their
3. that
4. which

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A: "Can you concentrate on other things when you are listening to music?" - B: “____”

1. I prefer to work in a quite area.
2. I'm keen on listening to dance music.
3. I often share my favorite albums with friends.
4. I don't think music can help with this.

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If music were purely a cultural invention, one might expect ancient music to be dramatically ____ modern music, given the huge cultural differences between then and now.

1. differ from
2. different from
3. differed to
4. differing from

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___________he is tired, he can’t work longer.

1. Because
2. Even though
3. Although
4. Besides

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If the machine _______, press this button.

1. stop
2. stops
3. would stop
4. stopped

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Their new song became an _________ smash hit.

1. global
2. local
3. natural
4. dental

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The TROMBONE is the only brass instrument that does not use valves; ____ the player moves a curved tube, called a "slide," back and forth in order to change notes.

1. rather
2. other
3. instead
4. but

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The OBOE is a very important instrument, as the oboist is ____ player who tunes the whole orchestra before every concert.

1. a
2. the
3. who
4. that

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Where’s that …………… dress that your boyfriend gave you?

1. lovely long pink silk
2. lovely pink long silk
3. long pink silk lovely
4. pink long lovely silk