I LIKE MUSIC

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Pre-reading activity
1. Do you play a musical instrument? What instrument do you play? Do you go to music school? 2. What instruments do you like? What instruments do you know? 3. What kind of music do you listen to? Do this questionnaire. YES pop rave country classical punk rap NO rock jazz folk techno heavy metal blues other . (write the name) YES NO

Nika is making an interview with the drummer of the popular Slovene rock group BIG FOOT MAMA, Joe Habula. Read the first part of the interview. Hello, Joe. Hello to all music fans. When did you start playing? We started in 1990. Tell us something about the members of the group. They are Grega Skoir, the singer, Miha Gutin and Danijel Gregori, the guitarists, Alen Steraj is the bass guitarist and I'm the drummer. Nika: Are you professional players? Joe: No, each of us has his own proffesion. Miha is a geodesist, Alen is a journalist, Danijel is an administrator, Grega is a mechanic and I am a craft teacher. Nika: Joe: Nika: Joe: Nika: Joe.

1. Write about the members of the group. What do they play? Who is a singer? Grega plays the guitar. Miha ................................ He .................................... He is a guitarist.

Danijel ............................. Alen ................................. Joe .................................. 2. What professions do they have?

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Grega repairs cars. He's a ..................................................................... Joe teaches craft at school. He ............................................................ Danijel helps to organize work in a company. .......................................... Alen writes articles for newspapers. ...................................................... Miha studies the Earth. ....................................................................... Read the second part of the interview. Nika: How do you write a song? Joe: The writers of most songs are Miha and Alen. They have a lot of ideas. You need a text and a melody for a song. For a merry text a composer writes a merry melody. Nika: How many CDs do you have? Joe: We have three CDs and six video spots, too. Nika: Who makes a video spot? Joe: A producer and a scenarist. Nika. Where do you have your concerts? Joe: All over Slovenia and also abroad. We have a lot of fans in our country. Nika: What would you tell your fans? Joe: They must study first and if they have a talent for music, start playing a musical instrument and form a group later as we did. 3. Can you find some more professions in the text? Here are the definitions of them. Circle the correct answers. 1. A person who writes music is a: a) writer b) composer c) pianist

2. A person who writes a scenario for a video spot, a film, a play etc, is a: a) novelist b) writer c) scenarist 3. A person who writes books, stories, texts etc, is a: a) writer b) dramatist c) conductor

4. A person who organizes the production of a film, a play, a video spot etc, is a: a) player b) poet c) producer 4. What about their name? How did they choose it? Complete the interview with the words from the square. money holiday joke concerts foot interview name leader

Nika: How did you get your name? Joe: Well, it was a .................... at first. I went to Spain on .......................... once. And the proverb is that you live on a big ........................ if you have enough ................ for something. And because I am the ............... of the group, the other members call me mama. So we decided to choose the ................ BIG FOOT MAMA. Nika: Interesting! And funny! Thank you for this ............................ . Hope to meet you at one of your ....................... again. Joe: Thank you. Enjoy our music. See you soon. 5. Do you know the names of these instruments? Put the correct number into the circle. Use a dictionary.

1. guitar 2. piano 3. violin 4. drums 5. horn 6. saxophone 7. trumpet 8. accordion 9. harp 10.flute 11.xylophone

6. Do the crossword puzzle. Write the names of the instruments from Exercise 1.

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7. Write about your favourite singer or pop group and stick in a picture.

8. Write this or these. 1. ...................... is an old trumpet. 2. How much is .......................... flute? 3. ...................... drums are very expensive. 4. Look! ...................... is my new saxophone! 5. Are ...................... guitars cheap? 6. Let' s play ....................... instrument. 7. ...................... songs are very popular. 8. How much are .......................... CDs?

9. Nika and Timi are looking at the window of the music shop. Write that or those and complete their dialogue.

Timi: Look, Nika! A sale! Nika: Oh, ....................... flute is very cheap. I like ........................ drums and ....................... guitar. What about you? Timi: I like ....................... saxophone, but it' s very expensive. Nika: ........................ other one in the corner is cheap. Timi: Let' s have a look at ........................... CDs. They' re cheap. I' d buy one. Nika: OK.

10. Choose and circle the right word. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. This/These radios are very old. This/These is my new cassette player. These/Those records on that shelf are new. Look at that/this singer over there. Please show me that/those CDs. Do you play all these/this instruments? Listen to this/these song. It' s great! That/These video recorder isn' t too expensive.

12. Write your favourite types of music. Do the mind web.

13. Do you know? Read and write.

The oldest flute in Europe was found in the cave Divje babe I near Idrija. It' s at least 45 000 years old and it is made of a cave bear cub' s bone. You can see it in National museum of Ljubljana. Find some other interesting things about other pop groups in the INTERNET (e.g. Sidartha or your favourite one).