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B1+ U1 - Vocabulary: Music words

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  • an album made by recording a performance before an audience.
    Live album
  • a recorded song or instrumental that becomes broadly popular or well-known.
    Hit
  • a musical instrument, usually made of metal, that is played by blowing into it to make a reed vibrate.
    Saxophone
  • A person skilled in music; esp., a professional performer, composer, or conductor of music.
    Musician
  • an assessment of the accuracy, fidelity, or intelligibility of audio output from an electronic device.
    Sound quality
  • the assembled spectators or listeners at a public event such as a concert
    Audience
  • the main singer in a musical group
    Lead singer
  • Rap together with this music.
    Hip-hop
  • It is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.
    Jazz
  • a person who entertains people by acting, singing, dancing, or playing music
    Performer
  • a tube-shaped musical instrument with a hole that you blow across at one end while holding the tube out horizontally to one side
    Flute
  • a person who writes popular songs or the music for them.
    Songwriter
  • The action of making a recording or other product available to the public
    Release
  • A person who plays recorded music for an audience.
    DJ
  • a band that performs before the main one in a concert or other performance
    Support band
  • a collection of several pieces of music, made available as a single item on a CD, the internet, etc.
    Album
  • A set of adjacent keys on a musical instrument such as the piano, organ and synthesizer.
    Keyboard
  • A large group of musicians who play a variety of different instruments together.
    Orchestra
  • a box-shaped musical instrument consisting of a folded central part with a keyboard, played by pushing the two ends towards each other
    Accordion
  • someone who plays the piano
    Pianist
  • a part of a song which is repeated after each verse.
    Chorus
  • the words of a song in popular music.
    Lyric
  • a person who plays a violin
    Violinist
  • a list of all the pieces of music chosen to be broadcast on a radio show or radio station
    Playlist
  • a regular, repeating pulse that underlies a musical pattern.
    Beat
  • a form of entertainment, offered typically by bars and clubs, in which people take turns to sing popular songs into a microphone over pre-recorded backing tracks.
    Karaoke
  • a group of people who sing together
    Choir
  • a pair of earphones joined by a band placed over the head, for listening to audio signals such as music or speech.
    Headphones
  • A musical instrument consisting of a metal tube with one narrow end, into which the player blows, and one wide end. Three buttons are pressed in order to change notes.
    Trumpet
  • A type of musical instrument. In most cases it consists of a shell with a stretched skin, or covering. When the covering is hit with a hand or a stick, it vibrates and makes a sound.
    Drums
  • a group of musicians who play modern music together
    Band
  • someone who directs the performance of musicians or a piece of music
    Conductor
  • a wooden musical instrument with four strings, that is held vertically between the legs and is played by moving a bow across the strings
    Cello
  • a series of concerts by an artist or group of artists in different cities, countries or locations.
    Tour/ to tour
  • A person who writes music, especially as a professional occupation.
    Composer
  • A person who plays the guitar.
    Guitarist
  • a device that translates sound vibrations in the air into electronic signals and scribes them to a recording medium or over a loudspeaker.
    Microphone
  • a tube-shaped musical instrument that is played by blowing through a single reed
    Clarinet
  • an event for which all tickets are sold.
    Sell-out
  • Serious music following long-established principles rather than a folk, jazz, or popular tradition.
    Classical music
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