AS Spanish AQA - Music

Spanish	English
a la cabeza de	first among, top of the list of
la acera	pavement
acertar	to be right
aguantar	to put up with
alcanzar	to reach
baile, cante y toque	dancing, singing and playing (a musical instrument)
bajar el volumen	to turn down the volume
el cantautor	singer-songwriter
las castañuelas	castanets
celta	Celtic
colgar el teléfono	to hang up
un complejo	a complex, obsession
el concursante	contestant
un conjunto	a band, group
las cuerdas	strings, chords
un desafío	challenge
difundir	to broadcast
duradero	lasting
el estreno	a launch
faltar	to be absent
¡fíjate qué locura!	how crazy!
la gaita	bagpipes
la grabación	recording
la hermanastra	stepsister
el hilo musical	piped music
ingenuo	naive
la letra	the lyric(s)
lograr	to manage, achieve
los mariachis mexicanos	Mexican bands
me suena	it rings a bell
el motor	the driving force
el mundo anglosajón	the English-speaking world
obligar a alguien a hacer algo	to force someone to do something
oír música en vivo/en directo	to listen to live music
el oyente	listener
patrocinar	to sponsor
¡vaya pregunta!	What a question!
propagarse	to spread
un recopilatorio	a compilation
el ritmo bajo	bass rhythm
sintonizar	to tune into
el son	type of Cuban music
los sonidos graves	bass sounds
subir el volumen	to turn up the volume
el timbre	the (sound) quality, tone
el tres cubano	Cuban guitar
las zampoñas	pan-pipes

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