A Look at the different styles, or genres, of music below. Which ones have you heard of? @the ones you like. Gress out the ones you don't like.
rock blues
house/tech no
classical country pop
folk jazz salsa
reggae
hip-hop/rap, . ..
B Discuss your answers with a partner. How many other genres of music can you name?
A � the words or phrases which best completes the following sentences. Can you predict what the passage on the next page will be about?
1 Traditional music is found in (many I only a few) countries in the world.
2 To keep traditional music alive, young people need to (learn music from I teach music to) older people.
3 Researchers think music is an (important I unimportant) party of history.
4 Researchers are trying to record older, traditional music so that it (doesn't disappear I becomes more popular).
5 If you are listening to a field recording, you are listening to musicians performing in a (studio I natural setting).
B Scan the passage on the next page to see if your answers in A. were correct.
C Now read the entire passage carefully. Then answer the questions on page 90.
Motivational Tip: Sucess or failure? Effort or ability? When you suceed, is it
because of your effort or your ability? Sucess can be a combination of both, but effort is perhaps more important.
When you suceed, remember that it is because of the time you spent working on it. When you fail, remember it is not because you are not good enough, but because you need to spend more time and energy on the task
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Much of the music we listen to today is a mixture of styles from various countries and time periods. A lot of music has roots in older traditional songs heard in many different countries around the world. Traditional, or folk, music is collected over decades, if not centuries. Younger generations
5 learn these songs from their elders through practice and repetition.
Since music can tell us a lot about different cultures through its lyrics,
melodies, and the instruments used, researchers and music fans see it as an essential part of history. They fear that traditional and older types of music are slowly disappearing, partly because they are less likely to
10 be written down or recorded, or because the format in which they are recorded is no longer in use. Also, younger generations may not find such music very appealing, so once older generations pass away, the music may die out with them. Whole genres of music may go extinct.
There is a growing effort to preserve music in its many forms. Some
15 researchers create field recordings-recordings made outside of a
recording studio-to capture live perform�nces. For example, in the early 1900s, social scientist Frc.mces DensrJ)ore made recordings of Native America�. ?ongs that had been ãsung for many generations but were in danger of being forgotte�. Researchers also transcribe old music by listening to old recordings-sometimes the only one of its kind left. They try to write out the music
20 so that it can be studied and played by modern musicians.
Collecting music is another form of music preseNation. Some collectors are extremely passionate about their music, and will spend a lot of time and money looking for things
that have not been produced or sold for many years. ,...
Their efforts help to document music of different cultures, ...
25 genres, time periods, and places. For example, some ... ....
folk musicians from the
punk rock fans still collect cassette tape's' from'ffie'ios:-ããã"'
while many jazz fans prefer to listen to old vinyl records_ ... .
There are also associations and societies to preserve and celebrate very specific kinds of music. For example, the ldelsohn Society helps to preserve old and rare Jewish music, the suni Project celebrates 30 the work of Grikor Marzaian suni, an old and influential Armenian composer, while the Videogame Music PreseNation Foundation lets people listen to old videogame music in its original form.
Now, modern technology makes it much easier to preserve music.
smart phones can be used to record music, while the Internet lets 35
us share these recordings and find people with similar interests.
Reading
Comprehension
Check Your Understanding
Critical Thinking
Vocabulary Comprehension
Definitions
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A Check (.f) the statements that you think the author would agree with ... ã
,'>I. ' ,ã. ã.
1 D ã Young people are less likely to care about traditional songs and . music than older people.
2 D People like Frances Densmore have worked hard to save traditional music.
3 D Music researchers and music collectors ãare actually quite similar in what they do.
4 D Modern musicians can learn from 'traditional music.
5 D The Internet and smart phones have the potential to help save traditional music.
B Choose the correct answers for the following sentences.
According to the article ...
1 Traditional music is collected over __ years.
a many b a few
2 Researchers sometimes have __ recordings of the music they are studying.
a many b very few
3 ã The purpose of associations like the Suni Project is to __ . a celebrate traditional music b plan music events . 4 Field record.ings are recorded __ a studio.
a in b outside
5 Transcribing music requires __ music.
a listening to and writing b recording live
C Discuss the following questions with a partner.
1 What kinds of traditional music have you heard? Which country or area was it from?
2 Can you think of more ways to help preserve traditional music?
A Match each word with its definition. The words in blue are from the passage.
1 __ roots a type or style of music, art, or literature 2 __ extinct b the way in which something is presented 3 __ lyrics c something that has ended or died out 4 __ format d to represent or record in order to preserve it 5 __ appealing e the origins of something or someone 6 __ capture f the words of a song
7 __ genre g necessary, very important 8 __ essential h interesting or attractive
B Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words from A.
1 Th�. music from the 1960s, such as the Beatles and Jjmi Hendrix, is still . . � . . .
_____ to ãyoung people today.
2 The'_ã ____ of rock and roll has its in other music ã types: it's a style of music that developed from rhythm and blues, gospel, jazz; and country music.
3 In a karaoke booth, the _____ to the songs are usually shown on a 1V screen.
4 Jeff feels that listening to a musician playing live is a(n) ---�
part of the musical experience.
A Read the passage below, and circle all of the ex-words you find.
Tokyo Concert Review
Last night was the first Asian concert of rock band Small Minds' world tour. The band began their exhausting tour six months ago in New York.
They are so popular in the States that they extended their stay there by a week, and played five extra concerts that sold out within hours.
In an _interview be.fore their concert yesterday, guitarist Lee Gray and lead singer Mark Lang said Jhey were very excited to be in Tokyo. "This is our first trip to Japan, so it's a fantastic experience for us," �aid Lang.
The :extensive four continues to Nagoya,ã Osaka, and Fukuoka before moving to Korea, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. Small Minds then plan to take a hard-earned break at an exclusive island r��ort before headiAg;back home to the U.K. From there they will start the European leg of the tour. If you're lucky enough to get tickets to see them, expect a loud and energetic show, with some fantastic new versions of their album songs.
B Match each of the ex-words from A with the definitions below.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
_____ : limited or restricted to certain groups or people _____ : very tiring
_____ : feeling happy and thrilled ___ ____,_: great or large in size, length
_____ : made something longer in space or time _____ : more than usual; additional
_____ : an event or happening
C Are there other words that begin with ex-that you can add to this list?
Vocabulary Skill
The Prefix ex-
\
In this chapter, you read the adjective
extinct, which. means to
die out completely.
Ex-comes at the beginning of 1181Y words to forrri nouns, verbs,adjectives,and adverbs in English.
It means upwards, completely, without,
and former. ã ..
UNIT 7 Before You Read
My Music
Reading Skill
Noticing Patterns Before reading a passage, we look at the format of the article and scan it for patterns.
Examining how an article is set up helps you read more quickly and find important information �asily.