Language/French/Vocabulary/Music

Music is a good way to start a conversation because over 80% of the french population is listening to music.

In this lesson I will give you some sentences, questions and some vocabulary about music.

Let start with basic questions and answers:

Question	meaning	Answer	meaning
Ecoutes-tu de la musique?	Are you listening to music? ( familiarly )	Oui	yes
Ecoutez-vous de la musique?	Are you listening to music? ( polite )	Non	no
Quel style de musique aimes-tu Quel style de musique aimez-vous?	What style of music do you like to listen to? ( familiary) same meaning but polite version	J'aime ...,...et...	I like ...,...and...
Joues-tu d'un instrument de musique? Jouez-vous d'un instrument de musique?	Are you playing an instrument? (familiary) same meaning but polite version	exemple: oui je joue de la guitarre. oui je joue du piano oui je joue de l'acordéon non je ne joue pas d'intruments de musique.	exemple: yes i play guitare yes i play piano yes i play accordion non i don't play an instrument

Now here are some general style of music:

Style of music	Tanslation
musique classique	classic
Hip hop	hip hop
Rap	Rap
Pop	pop
Moderne	Modern
contemporaine	Contemporain
Métal	Metal
Jazz	Jazz
Country	Country
Rock	Rock
Electro	Electro
Disco	Disco

As you can see, most of them are the same in french and in English

Let's see some instrument:

French	English
Guitare	guitar
Piano	piano
Batterie	Drums
Violon	Violin
Accordéon	Accordion
Flûte	flute
Violoncelle	cello
Synthé	synthesizer

Again, french and English looks alike.