Learn the VOCABULARY of MUSIC

This is a special vocabulary lesson for musicians and for anyone who is interested in music! I’ll introduce you to the technical vocabulary of musical theory and notation. You may already have an understanding of music and how it’s written. But if you don’t, then I hope this will be a useful introduction for you, whether you’re learning English as a foreign language or are a native English speaker. You’ll learn words such as note, flat, sharp, clef, tone, signature, semibreve, timbre, melody, texture, and more. I’ll also talk about some of the words that are different in the UK and the US. Also, whatever style of music you like – classical, jazz, pop, folk, country, heavy metal – this lesson has something in it for you. So let’s rock on!

Thanks, Gill, that was interesting! I like the cute British names for the notes. In German they are just as “mathematical” as the American terms.

Netti

Great lesson!!!!! I didn’t know anything about that
subject although I love music….Thank you very
much, once again, Gill.

zigmund

Thanks a lot Gill!!!
I hope I can talk properly about music to Mark Knopfler after this interesting lesson ;)

knopfler86

Thanks Gill, you’re an extraordinary talented teacher. Carry on that!.

PacoBe

thanks Gill

hussein.med1

this is so amzing techer gill thnk u so mach

siciid@jama

Got 09/10. Superb, brilliant lesson Gill. I <3 you! :)

Annie

It’s interesting to know little bit more about this musical method

Thank you Gill

Roberto

Great lesson! Thank you so much, Gill! :-)

Ana007

yes very successful

mhali

This brilliant. I have a lot in a short lesson than I have learnt in years. Thank you Gill

Trich

Nice lesson. I haven’t been here for years. Time to relearn and improve some skills. Thank you so much

BaoChau

I like you Gill, I’m glad to hear your voice. thx.

janekpocz

I liked your video so much. I’m a musician and there’s no much material about music vocabulary.
May you make other videos about instrument vocabulary?
For Example: Flute parts (lip plate, head-joint, etc.), Articulations, embouchure, etc.

ElizeuBh2006

Thank you! I am researching the sound of ocean waves and found a possible relation to music. When explaining it to some colleagues I wanted to show a random data example and it just happened to correspond to a flat note. Now I could have said A, B, C, etc. fine, but had no clue how to express this one. It was so embarrassing, because I knew exactly what it was, but could not get the information across. I wish I had watched this video earlier. Also the differences between British and American can be confusing. After watching this I realise that some things could easily be misunderstood by different nationality groups in an audience. For example, I have often seen references online calling A, B, C, etc. notes and the flats and sharps half notes. An American listener would be interpreting those completely different.