Can anyone become musical?
Yvonne and Rob talk about music, and people's musical ability.
This week's question:
Listen to the two pieces of music in the programme. Do you think they are:
a) exactly the same or
b) different
Listen out for the answer at the end of the programme!
Listen
How musical are you?
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Grammar
- the pitch
here, the placing of a note, either high or low
- the key
the notes used in a piece of music, which are based on a scale, or specific series of notes
- too narrow
not wide enough to include all people who have different levels of musical skills
- immersed
surrounded by a large amount of
- engenders
causes or equips someone with musical skills
- a sophisticated skill
an advanced or complicated ability
- ring tones
the various sounds which mobile phones make when a call or message is received
- tone-deaf
unable to sing in tune or to recognise different melodies
- debunk
to show something is untrue or unimportant
- myths
stories which are old and well known, but are not based on truth
