Урок. 9 класс. Тема : " Music and Musicians."

I. Оргмомент.

And now close your eyes. Imagine yourself in a pleasant place. What type of music do you hear?

( Учащимся дается звукозапись группы «Beatles» композиция «Michelle»).

Tell me please, can you think of a day without music?

What type of music do you enjoy listening to?

What is your favourite musical instrument? Can you play it?

(Учащимся выдаются карточки со словами, которые необходимо использовать при описании картинок)

(Картинки см. приложение №1.)

Pupils 1-4 describe the pictures using the words.

Your task is to read, translate and then be ready to answer my questions.

Teacher: Now answer the questions:

1. 
   What do you think about classical music?
   
2. 
   What famous composers of classical music do you know?
   
3. 
   How does classical music influence your feeling and mood?
   
4. 
   Do you agree that classical music creates a special spiritual world for the listener which enriches his inner life and makes him happy?
   
5. 
   What do you think about pop music?
   

(Pupils answer the questions)

1. 
   group; 2 – top ten; 3 – number one; 4 –recording studio; 5 – live; 6 – concert; 7 – stage; 8 – fans; 9 – vocalist; 10 – lyrics)
   

The second task is to match the proper words with their definition.

( 1. d; 2. e; 3. f; 4. g; 5. h; 6. a; 7.c; 8.b.)
Task number 3. complete the sentences using Ving instead of the Infinitive. Translate the sentences into Russian.

Task number 4. Make the beginning of the sentences using the phrases: like, enjoy, can’t help, hate and etc.

( варианты заданий находятся в приложении №3)
Pupils do the exercises.
Teacher: How clever you are! Ok, let’s check up your hometask. Your hometask was to learn the dialogues by heart. I’ll give you some seconds to look through the dialogues and then I’ll ask you.

( Диалоги находятся в приложении №4).

1. piano Pupil 1: pianist

2. guitar Pupil 2: guitarist

3. drums Pupil 3: drummer

4. violin Pupil 4: violinist

5. cello Pupil 5:cellist

6. flute Pupil 6: flutist.
Teacher: What do the following people in music do?
Musician, conductor, orchestra, singer, pop star.
Pupil 1: a musician is someone who plays a musical instrument very well.

Pupil 2: A conductor is someone who stands in front of a group of musicians or singers and direct their playing or singing.

Pupil 3: orchestra is a large group people playing many different kinds of instruments and lend by a conductor.

Pupil 4: a singer is someone who sings, especially as their job.

Pupil 5: pop star is someone who is famous as a singer or musician in a pop group.

III. Заключительная часть.

Приложение №2.

Music in our life.

People all over the world are fond of music. There are a lot of different kinds of music. Some of them appeared long ago, and some are modern.

Let’s speak about classical music. There are different musical genres: symphony, concerto, chamber music, vocal music, opera and ballet. Classical music gives people delight, pleasure, partly sensual, partly intellectual. It is also a complex of emotions, excitement and at the same time., love for others and a desire to do something for people. When listening to classical music people have to combine all their feelings into one and it is happiness. Classical music contains the powerful appeal for listeners, it addresses both our senses and intellect. Some musical pieces are based on the theme of struggle of good against evil. This theme is very actual today.

There are a lot of outstanding composers and orchestras in the world. And you can listen to music by L. Beethoven, W. Mozart, B. Britten, G. Gershvin, P. Tchaikovsky and others everywhere. Today one can also listen to original interpretations of classical music, because some people think that classical music is a complicated art and they want the kind of music to which they can dance or just talk to friends. It should be simple, cheerful and up-to-date.

That’s why many young people today are gravitating towards new rhythms. These rhythms help them to express their individuality. Pop is short for “popular”, and there has always been popular music. But until the 1950s there wasn’t a style of music just for young people. That all changed when rock-and-roll began. Since then, hundreds of styles and stars have come and gone.

In the 1980s such style as rave was introduced new styles such as rap and reggae have been also introduced under the influence of Afro-American culture. Rap music came from the USA, and is the form of poetry that involves chanting to a strong beat. Today it is common to hear rap on TV commercials as well as on the radio. Pop music is a kind of global language, a really unusual, exciting one , too. It cuts across all the barriers – age, colour, class, religion – and brings people together. It’s a way of sharing all teens hopes and fears.

Vocabulary

Generation – поколение

Chamber music – камерная музыка

Delight – восторг, радость

Partly sensual, partly intellectual – частично чувственная, частично интеллектуальная

Desire – желание

Powerful appeal - мощный призыв

Struggle of good against evil – борьба добра со злом

To gravitate – тянуться

To involve – включать

Chanting to a strong beat – декламация под сильные удары муз. Инструмента

To cut across all barriers – разрушить все барьеры

Приложение №3.

1. 
   Put each of the following words and phrases in its correct place in the passage below.
   

2. 
   Match the proper words and their definitions.
   

1. an orchestra a) a practice for a performance

2. a band b) a person who writes music

3. percussion instruments c) a person who plays music

4. wind instrument d) a large group of musicians, who often play

classical music

5 a concert e) a smaller group of musicians who play popular music

6. a rehearsal f) instruments, played by being hit (drums)

7. a musician g) instruments, played by being blown

8. a composer h) musical performance before an audience

1. 
   I can’t help (to watch this programme). It is very interesting.
   
2. 
   My grandfather can’t give up (to smoke).
   
3. 
   My friend enjoys (to listen to buskers). So he goes to the park on Sundays.
   
4. 
   She can’t help (to sing songs). She is a merry girl.
   
5. 
   I was mesmerized by (to perform Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony).
   

1. 
   ….. plaing the piano.
   
2. 
   ….. listening to classical music. She says it is fascinating.
   
3. 
   ….. composing catchy tunes. So he is my favourite modern composer.
   
4. 
   ….. taking part in school concerts.
   
5. 
   ….. evoking forgotten events and feelings.
   

• 
  Will you turn off the radio-set? I’m tired of this terrible sort of music!
  
• 
  It’s not so terrible as you think. It’s just modern. Shall I try another programme?
  
• 
  All right, will you try the programme of classical music then? It is quiter, more harmonizing.
  
• 
  Shall we listen to Mozart? It’s too boring!
  
• 
  You’re wrong! Itn’t it wonderful? I’ll be sorry when the concert is over.
  

• 
  What music are you fond of?
  
• 
  I don’t listen to much rock and pop these days. I prefer classical music. Well, pop’s lost its direction, I think. Everything is controlled by machines and technology. Ten or twenty years ago there were real artists writing real songs – now all you get is synthesizers and dance music. It’ll like wallpaper, everything sounds the same.
  
• 
  And I think pop music is better today than ever before. There are the stars from all over the world – lots of different styles and images. It’s great!
  
• 
  Sometimes I agree with you, sometimes I don’t. I can’t understand why some people take music so seriously. Why to argue about which song is better? You can just relax and enjoy music, or not listen to it.
  
• 
  And I think, of course, there’s a lot of rubbish in pop music, but there are lots of pop stars, too. That’s the matter of choice.
  
• 
  By the way, I hear in Australia taped pop music is used to frighten the sharks off the public beaches. Obviously the sharks’ nerves cannot endure this kind of noise.