How to Talk About Music in English Basic English Phrases
hi everybody and welcome back to top
words my name is Alisha and today we’re
going to be talking about ten words you
can use to talk about music so let’s go
concert the first word for talking about
music is concert concert is a live show
concert is yeah the performance is
happening in front of your eyes so
concerts are really popular worldwide I
think depending on where you live you
might hear them called live shows but
usually in American English we just say
concert a concert so in a sentence I’m
going to a concert this weekend to see
in concert the next expression is the
verb we use for a live show so the next
expression is to see in a concert or to
see in concert so we use the artist’s
name along with this phrase so for
example I’m going to see Coldplay in
concert I’m going to see Adele in
concert so you use I’m going to see
artist name in concert or in a concert
what are say in concert or in a concert
both are okay so in a different sentence
I’m going to see my favorite band in
concert meaning live who do I want to
see you in concert I want to see Michael
Jackson in concert yeah I would have
loved to see him in concert he’s my
favorite to listen to music to listen to
artist the next word or the next phrase
is to listen to Plus music or to listen
to an artist so you can use this verb
with the type of music or with the
specific artist or band or group that
you like so I like to listen to rock
music I like to listen to pop music
whatever another sentence is I like
listening to Beyonce I like yes so you
can use to listen to or listening to
both are fine here I like listening to
funk it’s fine I like listening to funky
artists is fine I like listening to
Queens of the Stone Age it’s fine all of
these are great who do you listen to I
listen to to write a song to write music
the next expression is to write a song
or to write music so if you want to make
music yourself you can say write a song
which just means one song maybe three or
four minutes usually in popular music or
to write music in general so you can use
both of these expressions song is more
specific music is more general so in a
sentence my friend started writing songs
recently or in a different sentence
writing music is really fun track the
next expression is track track so we can
use song yes but for example when you
look at an album like on iTunes or maybe
like a CD for example each each song is
assigned a number that’s the track
number so we can say I like track number
3 or track 3 we use track to talk about
a song so you can say this is a good
song or this is a good track both are ok
to use song and track are both fine so
in a sentence I really like that track
from his album beat the next word is
beat so the beat is sort of the feeling
of a song that usually it’s easy to hear
because there’s like a bass drum or
there’s some kind of heavy feeling it
gives you the sense of rhythm of a song
so in a sentence we would say like song
should have a catchy beat or that that
that song has a really catchy beat or I
like the beat of that song tempo so
tempo the next word is tempo tempo means
the pace of a song how fast or how slow
a song goes so you can have songs with a
fast tempo or with a slow tempo or
somewhere in between so you can change
the tempo of a song and maybe change the
feeling
in a sentence tracks with a slow tempo
are nice on quiet evenings
upbeat the next word is upbeat so this
word uses beat which we talked about
before but upbeat this is an adjective
that we use for something maybe it’s a
faster tempo song maybe it sounds kind
of positive or a cheerful a little bit
happy so an upbeat track or an upbeat
song sounds maybe it has it has a good
positive feeling about it or a good
positive vibe something like that so in
a sentence this song is really upbeat
upbeat we can use upbeat for people to
like my best friend is really upbeat
something positive or happy down tempo
next we’ll go to maybe the opposite of
upbeat the next word is down tempo tempo
means pace and down meaning like
decreased or slower so a down tempo song
has a slow tempo it’s more relaxed yeah
maybe it’s good for just kind of hanging
out or it’s a little bit slow or maybe
you hear this at a restaurant or a cafe
perhaps a down tempo song so in a
sentence I like down tempo music genre
the next word is a great pronunciation
point for many students its genre genre
so not John do or Gen ray I don’t know
but genre is the correct pronunciation
of this word genre means the type of
music you can use genre to talk about
movies as well books too but it means
the type of something so type of maybe
art you could consider or type of
creativity so genre into in music is for
example rock pop funk house old disco
heavy metal classical country rap hip
hop blues all these are genres of music
so there types of music you can say what
type of music do you like or what genre
of music do you listen to so in a
sentence I listen to lots of different
genres of music okay that’s the
and so those are ten words that you can
use to talk about music in English if
there are other words that you use to
talk about music or if you have any
questions please leave us a comment and
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