Musicinourlife

Music in Our Life
«Life without music

would be a mistake»
Friedrich Nietzsche
Do you agree with this quotation?

What is Music?
♪ Music is an arrangement of sounds
that are played on instruments or
sung.
(Oxford Wordpower Dictionary for Learners of English)
♪ Music is a series of sounds made by

instruments or voices in a way that
is pleasant or exciting.
(Longman Exams Dictionary)
• Music is the universal language of mankind.
• Henry Longfellow
• Music can be all things to all persons. It is like a great

dynamic sun in the centre of solar system which sends
out rays and inspiration in every direction. Music makes
us feel that the heavens open and a divine voice calls.
Something in our souls responds and understands”.
• Leopold Stokowsky
• There is a pleasure in the pathless wood and music in

the sea roar.
• Byron
Listen to the song “Yesterday”
(Lennon-McCartney)
Yesterday (Lennon-McCartney)
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me
oh, yesterday came suddenly
Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
oh, I believe in yesterday
Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
oh, I believe in yesterday, Mm
• People cannot live without music. They listen to music, dance to
music or learn to play musical instruments. There is music
everywhere: at home, in a concert hall, in the park, at the seaside, in
the forest and even in the street.
• Music is not only a combination of pleasant sounds. It is an art which

reflects life. Music reflects people's ideas and emotions. In this world
of ours, filled with conflicts, tragedies, joys and hopes, music strives
to speak to people of what is most important, urgent and poignant.
• Music in the lives of different people is different: some compose

music, others play music, and others only listen to it. A lot of people
who cannot play any musical instrument love to listen to music either
at home or at a concert. Different people like different kinds of music.
You may prefer pop or rock music, country or folk music, classical
music or jazz, but you certainly cannot think of a day without music.
• CREATIVE GAME
• “ MAKE UP A QUOTATION”
Can you imagine your life without
music?
What types of music do you know?
Pop Rap Rock’n’roll
Heavy metal Punk
Country Dance
music
Hip-hop Jazz
Rock Folk
Classical
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
• Guitar Harp
• Drum Bugle
• Clarinet Gong
• Piano Oboe
• Violin Trumpet
• Saxophone Cymbals
• Trombone Flute
• Tuba Synthesizer
• Organ Triangle
How does music help us to live?
Think of verbs to every letter of the word
‘music’ to create a picture about the topic.
M ..........................
U ..........................
S ..........................
I ...........................
C ..........................
Can you guess what is painted in
this picture?
1 6 5
1. Whom can you see in this picture?
2. What’s she doing?
3. Where’s she sitting?
4. What is the girl doing?
4 7
5. What can you see on the wall?
6. What else is the girl doing?
2
7. What’s her favourite musical instrument?
3
Find eight musical instruments
What musical instrument would
you like to play?
Do you agree or disagree with these
quotations about music? Give your
arguments.
♪ Music is the universal language of mankind .
(Henry W. Longfellow)
♪ Music is the medicine of the breaking heart.
(Leigh Hunt)
♪ Where words fail, music speaks.

(Hans C. Andersen)
Read the poem
What Music Means to Me

I pant for music, which is divine,
My heart in its thirst is dying flower;
Pour forth the sound like enchanted wine,
Loosen the notes in a silver shower;
Like a herbless plain for a gentle rain,
I gasp, I faint, till they wake again.
Answer the questions:

 Can you imagine your life without music?
 What does music reflect?
Your hometask is to write
an essay “ Music in our life”
using the quotations by famous people and
choose of your own.
Thank you very much for your fruitful

work!

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Music in Our Life

«Life without music

Do you agree with this quotation?

♪ Music is a series of sounds made by

• Music can be all things to all persons. It is like a great

• There is a pleasure in the pathless wood and music in

• Music is not only a combination of pleasant sounds. It is an art which

• Music in the lives of different people is different: some compose

Heavy metal Punk

♪ Where words fail, music speaks.

What Music Means to Me

Answer the questions:

Thank you very much for your fruitful

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