Concert

recital - сольный концерт

performer - исполнитель

host, presenter - ведущий

catchy tune - легко запоминающаяся мелодия

lilting tune - весёлая, живая песенка

tune to a song - мотив песни

to hum a tune - напевать себе под нос мелодию

to sing / belt out song - исполнять песню

marching song - походная песня

concert hall - концертный зал

raised floor, platform, stage - подиум

runway - подиум, выдающийся в зрительный зал

dance hall - зал для танцев

dance floor - танцплощадка

mike - микрофон (разг.)

speakers - колонки

electrical equipment - электрооборудование

Variety (art), vaudeville - эстрада

chamber music - камерная музыка

ensemble - ансамбль

folk music - народная музыка

wind instrument - духовыe

strings - струнные

percussion - ударные

keyboard - клавишные

fiddlestick, bow /'bəʊ/ - смычок

cymbal /'sɪmbəl/ - тарелка

rack - стойка

music stand - нотный пюпитр

part, set - партия

timbre /'tæmbrə / - тембр

to step up / to slow down the tempo - ускорить / замедлить темп

meter, measure, time - музыкальный размер

treble clef - скрипичный ключ

bass clef - басовый ключ

sharp - диез (+1 полутон)

flat - бемоль (-1 полутон)

to sing in tune, to carry a tune - не фальшивить, петь в тон

to sing out of tune - не попадать в ноту

to get out of time - сбиваться с такта

to draw applause; to get a clap - сорвать аплодисменты

to play an encore - играть на бис

to strike a chord on the piano - взять аккорд на рояле

“He who pays the piper calls the tune” - кто платит, тот и заказывает музыку

to transcribble - записывать ноты

bagpipes - волынка

basson - фагот

trumpet - труба

to tune up - настраивать инструмент

to play by ear - играть на слух

In sync - вместе

tired song (tune) - заезженная песня

Music Quotes and Proverbs

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. [Albert Einstein]

Mozart has the classic purity of light and the blue ocean; Beethoven the romantic grandeur which belongs to the storms of air and sea, and while the soul of Mozart seems to dwell on the ethereal peaks of Olympus, that of Beethoven climbs shuddering the storm-beaten sides of a Sinai. Blessed be they both! Each represents a moment of the ideal life, each does us good. Our love is due to both. [H. F. Amiel]

There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between. [Sir Thomas Beecham]

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music. [George Eliot]

Country music is three chords and the truth. [Harlan Howard]

People whose sensibility is destroyed by music in trains, airports, lifts, cannot concentrate on a Beethoven Quartet. [Witold Lutoslawski]

Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously. [Henry Miller]

Without music, life would be an error. The German imagines even God singing songs. [F. Nietzsche]

If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing. [Zimbabwe Proverb]

Is it not strange that sheep's guts should hale souls out of men's bodies? [William Shakespeare]

Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra, not choreography to the audience. [George Szell]

Jazz came to America three hundred years ago in chains. [Paul Whiteman]

I think there are only three things America will be known for 2,000 years from now when they study this civilization: the Constitution, jazz music, and baseball. [Gerald Early]

A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges. [Benny Green]

Instrument Jokes

-Why is it good that drummers have a half-ounce more brains than horses?

-So they don't disgrace themselves in parades.

-What do a vacuum cleaner and an electric guitar have in common?

-Both suck when you plug them in.

-What did the drummer get on his IQ test?

-Drool.

-What's the difference between a puppy and a singer-songwriter?

-Eventually the puppy stops whining.

-Son: Mother, I want to grow up and be a rock-n-roll musician.

-Mother: Now son, you have to pick one or the other. You can't do both.

-What's the difference between a bull and an orchestra?

-The bull has the horns in the front and the asshole in the back.

-Why is a violinist like a SCUD missile?

-Both are offensive and inaccurate.

-If you were lost in the woods, who would you trust for directions: an in-tune sax player, an out-of-tune sax player, or Santa Claus?

-A The out-of-tune tenor sax player. Meeting the other two means you're hallucinating.

-How many drummers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

-Twenty, one to hold the bulb and nineteen to drink beer till the room spins.

Guitar players spend half of their time tuning their instrument and the other half playing out of tune.