WorksheetsTalking about music
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 22mins
The words of a song.
(a)
Lyrics
(a) music is an exciting kind of music that started in the (b) in the 1950s and 1960s. It mixes the deep, emotional feeling of gospel music (church music) with the lively rhythm of rhythm and blues (R&B). Soul singers use very powerful, expressive voices to sing about big (c) like love, heartbreak, and personal struggles. It has a strong, catchy beat that often uses handclaps and body movements. (d) soul artists include Aretha Franklin, James Brown, and Ray Charles, and the music is known for showing (e) American pride and culture.
Match:
Letters
Handwriting
Lyrics
The line of a song.
(a)
Organize the sentence:
Rock and roll is a
genre of popular music that originated
from African American music like
jazz and rhythm and blues during
the late 1940s and early 1950s
Match:
Chorus
a part of a song that is repeated
lyrics
the words of a song in popular music
Verse
a line in a song
Melody
musical notes combined together
Instrument
an object or tool that creates music
Solo
Intonation
Match the words to the definitions:
album
a collection of songs
concert
a public performance
instrumental
a song with no words
vocals
the singing in a song
melody
the music of a song
Organize the sentence below:
Blues is
an emotional music
style that was
created by African-Americans
in the South of the United States
Is this a song or music?
Classical
Reggae
Rock
This is America
Alright
Respect
(a) is a unique style of music that started in the United States, mainly from African-American culture in the city of New Orleans, about a (b) years ago. The most important part of Jazz is (c) , which means the musicians make up melodies and rhythms as they play, so no two performances of the same song are exactly alike. It also has a special, bouncy, and uneven rhythm called "swing," which gives the music a lot of (d) and a distinct feel. Jazz is celebrated worldwide as a powerful expression of freedom and individual (e) .
Match the words to the images:
Sheet music
Drums
Concert hall
Guitar
Concert
Organize the information:
1800s
1900s
1950s
1960s
Sad, deep
Creative, free
Loud, fun
Emotional, proud
