What do the following words mean when we are talking about music?
key
beat
bow
note
fade
scale
air guitar
string
minor
tempo
blue
harmony
solo
pitch
folk
strum
catchy
reverb
verse
chorus
jam
skin
stick
Music is a powerful communication tool--it causes us to laugh, cry,
think and question. Bassist and five-time Grammy winner, Victor Wooten,
asks us to approach music the same way we learn verbal language--by
embracing mistakes and playing as often as possible.
Vocab:
regiment
tutelage
proficient
to carry on a proper conversation
to jam (improvise)
air guitar (pretending to play the guitar with your hands)
accomplished
Go to Lesson:
Music as a Language
Language focus: listen (with headphones if possible) and fill the gaps
1. ___ music and verbal languages serve the ____ purpose.
2. In some ________ music works better than the spoken word because it doesn't ___ __ __ understood to be __________.
3. _________ many musicians agree that music is a language, it is rarely treated as ____.
4. ____ _____ you spoke the language incorrectly, you were allowed to make mistakes.
5. And ___ ____ mistakes you made, ___ _____ your parents smiled.
6. In the beginning, ________ mistakes ______ __ correcting them.
7. There ___ no wrong notes.
8. to play and perform with accomplished musicians ___ a _____ basis.
9. ___ _____ they play, ___ _____ they will practice on their own.
10. Remember that a language works ____ when we ____ something interesting to say.
11. ____ many rules ___ the onset will actually slow them down.
12. In my _____, the approach to music should be the same. _____ ___, music is a language too.
True or false according to Victor? Listen and check.
Music and language are completely different things.
Music has to be understood to be effective.
Music is often not treated the same way we treat language.
Music is usually taught using a very strict method.
Victor thinks music should be taught more informally - like we teach spoken language.
The more mistakes you make when learning to speak, the more your parent encourage you.
If we learned music the same way we learn to speak, we'd learn faster and more naturally.
Kids who grow up in a musical family often learn music slower.
There are no 'wrong notes' when you just play from the heart.
Many music teachers don't let their students 'say' anything through their music.
Vocab:
regiment
tutelage
proficient
to carry on a proper conversation
to jam (improvise)
air guitar (pretending to play the guitar with your hands)
accomplished
Go to Lesson:
Music as a Language
Language focus: listen (with headphones if possible) and fill the gaps
1. ___ music and verbal languages serve the ____ purpose.
2. In some ________ music works better than the spoken word because it doesn't ___ __ __ understood to be __________.
3. _________ many musicians agree that music is a language, it is rarely treated as ____.
4. ____ _____ you spoke the language incorrectly, you were allowed to make mistakes.
5. And ___ ____ mistakes you made, ___ _____ your parents smiled.
6. In the beginning, ________ mistakes ______ __ correcting them.
7. There ___ no wrong notes.
8. to play and perform with accomplished musicians ___ a _____ basis.
9. ___ _____ they play, ___ _____ they will practice on their own.
10. Remember that a language works ____ when we ____ something interesting to say.
11. ____ many rules ___ the onset will actually slow them down.
12. In my _____, the approach to music should be the same. _____ ___, music is a language too.
