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Music: Downloading and Managing Your Music

The document discusses various topics related to music, including downloading and managing music files, the typical roles in a rock band, different family members' musical tastes, and collocations related to musical activities. It provides information on downloading music as MP3 files and syncing files between devices. It notes that a typical rock band features a lead singer, lead guitarist, keyboard player, drummer, and bass guitarist. It describes one family where different members enjoy classical music, folk, jazz, R&B, hip-hop, The Beatles, and film soundtracks. The document also includes common mistakes related to music terminology.

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Music: Downloading and Managing Your Music

The document discusses various topics related to music, including downloading and managing music files, the typical roles in a rock band, different family members' musical tastes, and collocations related to musical activities. It provides information on downloading music as MP3 files and syncing files between devices. It notes that a typical rock band features a lead singer, lead guitarist, keyboard player, drummer, and bass guitarist. It describes one family where different members enjoy classical music, folk, jazz, R&B, hip-hop, The Beatles, and film soundtracks. The document also includes common mistakes related to music terminology.

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21 Music

A Downloading and managing your music


Downloading music as MP31 files is easy.
• You can download a whole album or individual tracks2 onto your phone or computer.
• You can save your favourite albums and tracks in playlists so you can find them easily.
• You can sync3 (or, more formal, synchronise) the music files on your computer with your phone.
• You can also stream4 music from the Internet or from your computer to other rooms in your
home if you have the right equipment.
1 a popular type of audio file - you can listen to the files on a computer or mobile device 2 one song or piece
3 have exactly the same files and data on more than one device 4 play music in
of music from an album
real time from one source to another

B A typical rock band


She’s lead singer in a rock band. One of
her brothers plays lead guitar and her
other brother is a keyboard player, so
it’s a real family band.
What would you rather play in a band,
bass /beɪs/ keyboard
drums or bass? I could never be a drums
drummer but I think I could become a
fairly good bass guitarist.
guitar
C Types of music singer

My family all have different tastes in music. My sister Niki loves classical
music, my uncle Ben’s a folk fan and my father loves jazz. I like R&B1 and
hip-hop2. I even compose a bit of rap3 myself! My older brother is into4
The Beatles and other 60s music5. My mother loves film soundtracks6
but I just find them uninteresting. One type of music I can’t stand is the
canned music7 you get in supermarkets and airports – it drives me crazy!

1 Rhythm and Blues, originally a black American form of blues music with a strong rhythm
2 a style of popular music where the words are spoken rather than sung 3 the words spoken in
hip-hop music (can also be a verb) 4 interested in and enthusiastic about 5 music from the 1960s
6 music from a film or TV show 7 artificial or recorded music played in the background

D Collocations for musical activities


She plays the guitar but she doesn’t read music. She plays by ear. She’s got a good ear*. She can
pick out* a tune on almost any instrument. She’s a very talented musician.
You can make music in lots of ways. You don’t need to be a trained musician to enjoy music to
the full.
* informal

Common mistakes
We say: classical music. (NOT classic) She loves classical music. (NOT classic music) Music is
uncountable. They played fantastic music for an hour. (NOT fantastic musics)

48 English Vocabulary in Use Upper-intermediate


Exercises
21.1 Fill the gaps in the conversation.
HENRY: I’ve been listening to some songs from the new album by the Hoods. It’s great. I
downloaded them to my on my phone, so I’ve got them in both places. I just
got six , not the whole thing.
ANNA: Oh, right. I download music files but then forget to them with my phone, so
I don’t have them when I travel! But I can them from the computer in my study
to the audio system in the living room, so I do get to listen to them. I’ve made some good
with my favourite tracks.
21.2 In a typical rock band …
1 … who usually sings the songs? the lead singer
2 … who keeps the rhythm using two sticks?
3 … who plays the lowest musical notes?
4 … who plays an electric piano or organ?
5 … who plays the highest notes on the guitar?
21.3 Read the comments and then answer the questions.

Ross ‘I must be the only Emma ‘I love the old original James ‘I love the film and
person who actually likes the tracks by groups like The I’m going to buy the music
music in supermarkets.’ Beatles and the Rolling Stones.’ from it. I often buy film music.’

Lauren ‘I listen to the Natalie ‘I just love the way Liam ‘I’ve always loved the
traditional songs of my they can speak the words so blues and I like music with a
country and try to learn fast - it’s so clever.’ strong rhythm.’
them.’

1 Who likes soundtracks? James 4 Who is a folk music fan?


2 Who likes hip-hop? 5 Who likes R&B?
3 Who likes 60s music? 6 Who likes canned music?

21.4 Complete the missing words in this advertisement. You are sometimes given the first letter(s).

HELP WANTED Do you have a good _____________


ear for music? Do you play a musical
instrument _____________ ear? Can you p_____________ out a tune on an
instrument you’ve never played before? We are looking for volunteers to take
part in an experiment to investigate people’s natural musical abilities. You
don’t need to be a tr_____________ musician and you don’t need to be able
to r_____________ music. If you just _____________ music at home or with
friends for fun, whatever kinds of m_____________ you are i_____________,
whether it’s cl_____________ music, j_____________, pop, we want to hear
from you. We believe there are many ta_____________ musicians out there
and we want to learn more about how you do it. CALL 01255 7561447

21.5 Over to you


Write answers that are true for you.
1 Can you remember the name of the first album you ever bought? Who was it by?
2 How often do you download tracks or whole albums? Which do you prefer to do?
3 Which kinds of music mentioned on the opposite page do you particularly like/dislike?
4 Can you play any musical instruments and how well do you play them?
5 What instrument and what kind of music would you like to be able to play well and why?

English Vocabulary in Use Upper-intermediate 49

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