You will hear five people speaking.0:03
A E. Match what they say with the statements 1, 6.0:05
You don't have to use one of the statements.0:12
Music is one of the performing arts.0:21
Its history runs into the past.0:24
Music appeared long before written languages.0:27
Because music was not written down or recorded, nearly all early music is lost to us.0:31
We know, for example, that early Greek drama included music and dance.0:38
But only the words are known to us.0:44
We are not certain how those melodies sounded.0:46
B no special knowledge is necessary if you want to listen to music.0:54
But much study is required to become a music performer.1:00
People start taking lessons of music at an early age.1:03
And yet not all of them, no matter how talented they are, turn into brilliant performers.1:07
A person should possess will determination should study a lot to develop skills necessary to become successful.1:13
C Music plays an important role in our life.1:25
To many people, music is the world where they live.1:33
It wakens their emotions.1:37
It brightens their life.1:40
It gives strength to many people, helps them to move forward and achieve their goals.1:42
Music develops their personality.1:48
Through music, people can observe the world in a different light.1:51
D Music consists of sounds.1:59
Sounds can be high and low.2:06
They can be very loud, but they also can die out.2:07
Each musical instrument has its own particular sound.2:11
But all sounds are made by vibration.2:15
If you strike a guitar string, it also vibrates and sends out similar waves.2:18
These waves, which we perceive with our ears, we call sound.2:24
E Just how jazz came to be is not clear.2:30
By 1900, black musicians playing in clubs and on riverboats and around New Orleans had created this new variety of music.2:38
It differed from both serious and popular music of those days, and it had a lot of improvisation.2:48
Jazz compositions were not written down.2:56
Great jazz performers played by ear and improvised, never performing the same tune the same way twice.3:00
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