01 weekly topic. The sound of music. Vocabulary about traditional musical instruments

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Listen by numbers: music and maths | Music | The Guardian

Listen by numbers: music and maths | Music | The Guardian: "Listen by numbers: music and maths Who says maths is all cold logic and music all emotion? That's nonsense, writes Marcus du Sautoy – the two are intimately connected Share Tweet this inShare 17 Email Marcus du Sautoy The Guardian, Monday 27 June 2011 22.00 BST Jump to comments (…) Sound thinking . . . composer Karlheinz Stockhausen lecturing. Photograph: Garp/Redferns I used to do a lot of counting as a trumpeter in my local youth orchestra. Sitting in the brass section, counting out rests so I didn't crash in early with a fanfare, I began to realise that mathematics and music had even deeper links. It is certainly a connection people have commented on throughout the ages. "Music," wrote the great 17th-century German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz, "is the sensation of counting without being aware you were counting." But there is more to this connection than counting. As the French baroque composer Rameau declared in 1722: "I must confess that only with the aid of mathematics did my ideas become clear.""

Sound thinking . . . composer Karlheinz Stockhausen lecturing. Photograph: Garp/Redferns

01 weekly topic. The sound of music.Grammar about music

!! Do not say 'musics' or 'a music'. Music is an uncountable noun• I love listening to music.!! Do not say 'music band' or 'music group'. Say band or group• Why don't we form a band?• My favourite group is S Club 7.You can also use a word that describes a type of music before band orgroup• a jazz band• a rock group!! Do not say 'music concert'. Say concert• It was the first time I'd been to a concert.You can also use a word that describes a type of music before concert• pop concerts• a classical music concertLongman dictionary for contemporary English

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01 Weekly topic The sound of music: Reading practice: The Exceptional World of Blind and Autistic Children

The Exceptional World of Blind and Autistic Children

Posted on January 12, 2012 

Gaining understanding through music.

Adam Ockelford PhD, Southlands College, University of Roehampton

24 November 2011

When watching the countless YouTube videos of the often extraordinary talents of blind and autistic children, many of us cannot imagine having these exceptional musical skills at such a young age. But why, with their social and perceptual impairments and difficulties communicating, would blind and autistic children develop such impressive musicianship?

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He who pays the piper calls the tune

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Meaning: The person who pays a musician can decide what music he wants to hear. And the person who pays for any service has the right to say exactly what he wants.

Note: piper (noun) = a person who plays the pipe (a musical instrument) | tune (noun) = a melody; a piece of music

Quick Quiz:

Mark tapped his wallet and said to his friends, "He who pays the piper calls the tune", meaning that

he wondered if they'd like to go to a concert he would decide where they would eat he'd spent all his money Source: englishclub.com

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he who pays the piper calls the tune - Spanish translation – Linguee

he who pays the piper calls the tune - Spanish translation – Linguee:

Definition

said to emphasize that the person who is paying someone to do something can decide how it should be done

(Definition of He who pays the piper calls the tune. from the 

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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