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Lead-in The orchestra. (管弦乐队) Classical music/opera Do you know the music Molihua we listened just now performed by whom? The orchestra. (管弦乐队) What kind of music is performed by an orchestra? Classical music/opera
Reading 1. What is an orchestra? 2. What is a chamber orchestra? An orchestra is a group of musicians that mostly play classical music. 2. What is a chamber orchestra? (室内管弦乐队) A small orchestra is called a chamber orchestra.
A large or full size orchestra. 3. What is a symphony(交响乐) or philharmonic(爱乐) orchestra? A large or full size orchestra. 4. Are they two different types of orchestras? Why ? No. They are used to tell the difference between two orchestras in the same city.
A chamber orchestra A symphony orchestra
5. What does symphony and philharmonic mean respectively(各自)? Symphony means a long piece of music that has 3 or 4 parts of movements. Philharmonic means devoted to music.
The strings, woodwind, brass and percussion. 6. We can divide the musical instruments into 4 types? What are they? The strings, woodwind, brass and percussion.
pictures of different musical instruments: woodwind bassoon
woodwind oboe clarinet
woodwind piccolo flute
strings harp
strings cello violas violin double bass
brass trombone saxophone tubas
percussion xylophone timpani gong
Part C orchestra 2. chamber 3. symphony 4. strings 5. brass 6. violins 7. cellos 8. brass 9. trumpets 10. flutes 11. woodwind 12. bass drums
the seating plan strings woodwind brass percussion
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