Exercise 7. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word. Mind that there may be more than one variant.

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Exercise 6. Complete the sentences with the words from the box. Sometimes there may be more than one variant.

1. _______________ is often played by a big orchestra in a concert hall.

2. _______________ is often played by young people with guitars in a group.

3. _______________ is usually played by young people with brightly coloured hair.

4. _______________ comes originally from black American musicians.

5. _______________ usually offers simple tunes which are popular for a short time.

6. _______________ comes from a specific region and is usually popular there for a long time.

7. _______________ has a strong regular rhythm, it is originally from Jamaica.

8. _______________ is popular for dancing in discos.

9. _______________ is often played freely, not following written music.

10. _______________ is usually played on the guitar, banjo and violin.

11. The_______________ is a string instrument while the _______________ belongs to wind instruments and the_______________ to percussion instruments.

12. The piano and organ are_______________ instruments.

Jazz ____________ (1) in the Southern States of North America at the beginning of the 19th century. The Black people of these states, who were originally slaves from Africa, had their own _______________ (2).

Pop music developed from Rock and Roll in America, Britain and Europe in the 1960s and is now ____________ (3) in every country. This name is used for the most commercial _____________ (4) which we can buy on records and hear on pop radio. It is usually________________ (5) by groups who often use electronic_______________ (6) and make video_______________ (7) to go with their records.