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 of music from an album
- 3 have exactly the same files and data on more than one device
- 4 play music in 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,
drums or bass? I could never be a
drummer but I think I could become a
fairly good bass guitarist.
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)
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