VOCABULARY FOR MUSIC

Yodel: to sing in a way that quickly changes from a very high voice to a normal voice

Sentence: When I tried to yodel, everyone laughed.

Woodwind: instruments played by blowing across a hole (e.g. Flute) or through a reed (e.g. Saxophone) –

Sentence: Are you sure the saxophone is a woodwind instrument?

Underground rap: rap music by artists outside the music industry –

Sentence: I never hear underground rap on the radio.

Turntable: a rotating plate that records sit on while being played –

Sentence: Dad said he’d get me a turntable for my birthday!

Trance: a subgenre of techno with electronic beats and dreamy textures –

Sentence: Dad’s dancing to his old trance records again!

Texture: the musical pattern created when sounds are combined –

Sentence: The textures on this track are amazing.

Tambourine: an instrument with metal discs that rattles when hit or

Sentence: Shaken – mick jagger often plays tambourine when he sings.

Synthesizer: an instrument that makes and combines electronic sounds –

Sentence: Matt played organ and synthesizer in use no hooks.

Bagpipe: a tubular wind instrument

Sentence: I have been playing the bagpipes from a really young age.

Banjo: a stringed instrument that has a long neck and circular body

Sentence: He played the banjo with great skill and enthusiasm.

Bassoon: a double-reed woodwind instrument that makes a low sound

Sentence: He played the bassoon in the school band