Making music
Almost all young people listen to music, but research shows that making music by singing in a band or playing an instrument has lots of benefits.
Hilfsvokabeln– Helpful vocabulary
- bekommen (v) – to get
- kennenlernen (v) – to get to know
- die Laune (f) – mood
- die Leute (pl) – people
- die Schulnote (f) – school grade
- verbessern (v) – to improve (to make better)
Ohne Musik wäre das Leben ein Irrtum. – Without music, life would be a mistake.
Question
Which reasons for making music are mentioned in the flyer?
There are five correct answers.
- Music reduces stress.
- Music helps you meet new people.
- Music helps you get to know other cultures.
- Music puts you in a good mood.
- Music makes you emotional.
- Music improves your concentration.
- Music improves your grades at school.
- Music prevents headaches.
- Music reduces stress. – Musik reduziert Stress.
- Music helps you meet new people. – Musik hilft neue Leuten kennenzulernen.
- Music puts you in a good mood. – Musik bringt gute Laune.
- Music improves your concentration. – Musik verbessert die Konzentration.
- Music improves your grades at school. – Musik macht intelligent - Schüler bekommen bessere Schulnoten.
The following sentences were not mentioned in the flyer.
- Music helps you get to know other cultures.
- Music makes you emotional.
Hilfsvokabeln– Helpful vocabulary
- begeistert (adj) – enthusiastic
- die Kenntnisse (pl) – knowledge
- melden (v) – to get in contact
- die Musikrichtung (f) – type of music
- nur (adv) – only
- der Sänger (m) – male singer
- die Sängerin (f) – female singer
- der Schlagzeug (m) – drum
- der Schlagzeugspieler (m) – male drummer
- die Schlagzeugspielerin (f) – female drummer
- sowohl... als auch (conj) – both
- unwichtig (adj) – unimportant
- von... bis (prep) – from... to
- vor allem (adv) – above all/mainly
- wichtig (adj) – important
Question
Mani und Katja are forming a band as they want to enter a well-known TV talent show. The band needs a drummer so they have put an advert in the local paper.
Note whether the statements below are true, false or not in the text - richtig, falsch or nicht im Text.
- Die Band kommt aus Österreich.
- Die Band braucht einen Keyboardspieler.
- Die neue Person muss 18 Jahre alt sein.
- Die neue Person muss glücklich sein.
- Die Band spielt dreimal pro Woche.
- Die Band spielt nur Jazz und Rock Musik.
- Die Band spielt sehr oft Soulmusik.
Richtig
- Die neue Person muss glücklich sein. - The advert says that gute Laune is important, which means good-humoured or always in a good mood.
- Die Band spielt sehr oft Soulmusik. - The advert says they play mainly – vor allem – Soul and R & B.
Falsch
- Die Band kommt aus Österreich. - München (Munich) is in Germany.
- Die Band braucht einen Keyboardspieler. - The band wants a drummer – ein Schlagzeugspieler.
- Die neue Person muss 18 Jahre alt sein. - The advert says that Alter ist unwichtig, which means age is unimportant.
- Die Band spielt nur Jazz und Rock Musik. - The advert says they play everything from jazz to rock and dance music, not only jazz and rock – nur Jazz und Rock
Nicht im Text
- Die Band spielt dreimal pro Woche. - How often the band members play is not mentioned.
Did you know?
In Germany, 25 per cent – fünfundzwanzig Prozent – of young people actively make music.
That means they play an instrument or sing in a choir – der Chor – or band.
Making music is more popular than attending sports events and going to parties and discos. It is, however, not as popular as spending time with friends – Zeit mit Freunden verbringen – and chilling – chillen.
