Friday 7 November 2014

A brief history of the electric guitar in one song

Hi everyone!

Here's a little history of the electric guitar brought to you by the Smithsonian Channel. I hope you can recognize the song they play throughout the video!

The activity is a gap-fill of varying length: any number of words can fill the gap. What I like most about this video in particular is the fact that we have different voices, with slightly different accents, and a music background.

You can check your answers by activating the closed captions in the video (CC button). It's very approximate, so it'll do. (UPDATE:  this is the link to the video that has a CC button available)

Hope you enjoy it! And if it inspires you to play some music afterwards, then my purpose is accomplished!




All right now, what me and the _____________  are trying to do right here is a short history of the electric guitar, starting with ________________ that you can hear.

The creativity that comes out of, here was a tool where you can  ________ things in a way, and that, the only _____________ your imagination.

There's something beautiful about it, and it _______________, it doesn't sound like where the instrument ____________, it's gone in a _____________ round.

__________________ a way to express yourself in a way that,  maybe a __________________, maybe a little crazy, maybe ___________you to do things that you _________________ on your own, but you have that guitar in hand, it gives you ______________.

The fascinating thing about electric guitar history is that the product ___________________ much since it _______________, and all the innovations have been small, ____________ in their effect on a country as it changed music _______________.

In the story of the electric guitar you have so many things about America, and about __________culture _______________. You have invention, faith ____________, you have faith in technology, and you have ________________, you have creativity. All of these things come together in a guitar.

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