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Vocabulary 3- Unit 2

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  • 1. Drum: A percussion instrument sounded by being struck with sticks or the hands, typically cylindrical, barrel-shaped, or bowl-shaped, with a taut membrane over one or both ends.
    Noun: They were trying to drum up new business.
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  • 2. Flute: Speak in a melodious way.
    Verb: She plays the flute in an orchestra.
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  • 3. Glockenspiel:Percussion musical instrument formed by two rows of tuned metal rods, of different lengths, placed on a frame, usually without resonators, which is mounted horizontally on a support and played with two or more rounded, small
    Noun: The tone of the celesta is very clear, and much rounder and less tinkling than that of the glockenspiel.
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  • 4. Gong: Musical percussion instrument that consists of a large bronze disc of a more or less concave shape and with a folded edge, which is hung on a support; It is played by hitting it with a mallet and it has a very powerful and deep met
    Noun: The gong for lunch sounded two floors down.
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  • 5. Harp: Talk or write persistently and tediously on (a particular topic).
    Verb: He played an Irish melody on the harp.
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  • 6. Oboe: Person who plays this instrument in an orchestra or musical ensemble.
    Noun: He oboe sounded an A.
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  • 7. Piccolo: Small flute with a sharper and more penetrating sound than the ordinary flute.
    Noun: I can sense a piccolo fauxpas when I make one.
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  • 8. Saxophone: A member of a family of metal wind instruments with a single-reed mouthpiece, used especially in jazz and dance music.
    Noun: He was jamming with his saxophone.
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  • 9. Trombone: A large brass wind instrument with straight tubing in three sections, ending in a bell over the player's left shoulder, different fundamental notes being made using a forward-pointing extendable slide.
    Noun: The trumpet and trombone are brass instruments.
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  • 10. Trumpet: A brass musical instrument with a flared bell and a bright, penetrating tone.
    Noun: He played trumpet professionally in a jazz combo.
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  • 11. Violin: Stringed musical instrument about 60 cm long (mast included) formed by a hollow and elongated wooden box, with a narrowing in the middle part and with two f-shaped acoustic openings in the center, and an arm (mast) short and wit
    Noun: I went to a violin recital today.
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  • 12. Blues: Musical style born in the southern United States at the end of the 19th century as a derivation of the songs of the black slaves on the plantations and characterized by its melancholy air and its lyrics about personal or social.
    Noun: He plays blues on the accordion.
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  • 13. Classical: Relating to ancient Greek or Latin literature, art, or culture.
    Adjective: I can't understand classical literature.
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  • 14. Country: Style of popular music from the United States of America based on traditional southern music (derived from the folk music of British immigrants) with influences from other types of popular music.
    Noun: Let our object be our courtry, our whole country, and nothing but our country.
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  • 15. Dance: Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing.
    Noun: If you dance you must pay the fiddler.
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  • 16. Folk: Musical style born at the end of the 1950s in the United States of America and characterized by the combination of traditional music with the forms of rock, by the social content of its lyrics and by the simplicity of its composit
    Noun: There's nowt so queer as folk.
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