Music, one
Music is sound arranged into pleasing or interesting patterns. It forms an important part of many cultural and social activities. People use music to express feelings and ideas. Music also serves to entertain and relax.
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Personal
Piano, Keyboard, Synthesizer. Who are your favourite singers and groups? What kinds of music do you like? What kinds of music do you dislike or hate?
Violin, Cello. Can you or your friends play any musical instruments? If you could play any musical instrument, which would you play?
Classical Guitar, Acoustic Guitar. I like to work or study with music playing in the background. Yes or no?
Does background music make employees improve their performance at work? Does music make people work better?
Drums. Loud, blaring music is noise pollution and annoys (bothers, disturbs) me. True of false?
Bongos. Have you learned a lot of songs in school? What are some of them?
Electric Guitar. Listening to and singing English (or Chinese or Spanish) songs can help me learn English (or Chinese or Spanish). What do you think?
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Social
Trumpet, Trombone. Pop and Rock music encourages wild dancing, partying and crazy behavior. What do you think?
Accordion. Certain lyrics ought to be censored. Certain words in a song should be deleted. Do you agree?
Clarinet. In American schools, students learn and sing songs that inspire patriotism, unity and pride. What do you think about this?
Harp. Do music and their lyrics strongly affect social behavior, ideas, values, morals, attitudes, etc; or do music and lyrics merely reflect, or mirror current social norms, values, thoughts, ideas.
Tuba. Music is an important part of modern and folk culture.
Xylophone. Pop music has become a multibillion dollar industry.