15.5.24. MUSIC VOCABULARY

1. Mozart composed music when he was still a child. He had a great _____ for it

• A. ability
• B. gift
• C. force
• D. skill

2. I'm now going to play a piece _________ "The Fall".

• A. denominated
• B. nicknamed
• C. labelled
• D. entitled

3. The conductor was annoyed with the orchestra for not ___________ time.

• A. beating
• B. keeping
• C. maintaining
• D. making

4. The attendance at the music festival ______ all expectations.

• A. surpassed
• B. overcame
• C. overtook
• D. excelled

5. Just as the violinist began to play, one of the ________ on his violin broke

• A. chords
• B. cords
• C. wires
• D. strings

6. She sat at the piano and began to play a patriotic __________

• A. tune
• B. note
• C. sound
• D. music

7. She never learnt the piano but she can play by _________

• A. heart
• B. hand
• C. ear
• D. memory

8. The audience gave the soloist an enthusiastic _______ when he entered.

• A. applause
• B. reception
• C. encore
• D. clapping

9. As a child, Mozart was considered to be an infant ____________

• A. fantasy
• B. miracle
• C. prodigy
• D. sensation

10. She ought to ________ singing with a voice like that

• A. take up
• B. take to
• C. take on
• D. undertake