VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]

Vocabulary

chords (n): three or more musical notes played at the same time
(音乐的)和弦,和音
E.g.:She strummed a few chords on her guitar.
E.g.:a C major chord

C major-大调

C minor-C小调

tune sth up (v): If musicians who are preparing to play tune up their instruments, they make small changes to them so that they produce the correct notes.
调节,调试(乐器)
E.g.:After the orchestra had tuned up, the conductor walked on to the stage.
管弦乐队调试好音准之后,指挥走上了台。
E.g.:He began to tune up his violin.
他开始调试他的小提琴。
E.g.:Before my class I have to tune up my ukulele.

调音-Tune up

one on one class
一对一上课

practice (n): the act of doing something regularly or repeatedly to improve your skill at doing it
练习;训练
E.g.:I need to get some more practice before I take my driving test.
考驾照前我还得再练练。
E.g.:Are you coming to choir practice this evening?
今晚的合唱训练你来吗

practice (v): to do or play something regularly or repeatedly in order to become skilled at it
练习
E.g.: I’m quite good at tennis but I need to practice my serve.
我网球打得不错,不过我需要练习发球。
E.g.:She practices the violin every day.
她每天都练习拉小提琴。

composition (n): a piece of music that someone has written
(音乐)作品,乐曲
E.g.:This concerto is one of her earlier/later compositions.
这首协奏曲是她早期/后期的作品之一。

Pronunciation

chord- /kɔːrd/

Speaking exercise

I have ukulele class on Saturdays. Every ukulele class have 45 minutes, in the class first you want to tune up. Sometimes long sometimes short time. And then every day have got ukulele’s homework, and this day you want to do homework to the teacher. My teacher’s name is Joy maybe he’s 34. And then we want to do some new paper to learn or. I don’t have many many time to play ukulele cause I have homework

Usually I have ukulele class on Saturdays. Every ukulele class lasts for 45 minutes, in the class first you want to tune up. Sometimes it takes long and sometimes short time to tune up.  I also get a homework for  every day, and on Saturday I need to show my homework to the teacher. My teacher’s name is Joy he’s maybe  34 years old. After he checks my homework then we  usually want to learn a new composition . I don’t have a lot of time to play ukulele cause I have a lot of school homework to do