|
 |
Next language for a music aficoniado? | ||
Tags: Music | Choosing a Language | ||
 Language Learning Forum : Music, Movies, TV & Radio |  | |
| g.polskov Triglot Newbie Canada Joined 5243 days ago 37 posts - 50 votes Speaks: French*, English, Spanish Studies: Portuguese | Message 1 of 8 30 December 2010 at 3:40am | IP Logged | ||
|
I am currently looking for a language to study and would like suggestions considering my interest in music.
Music is an important aspect for me in language learning. Knowing a language makes me interested in the culture and in discovering music, and then these discoveries motivate me to learn more, and help as well! So which language has a lot ( in terms of quantity, quality, diversity) of music, with varying degrees of traditional and modern influences? (outside of French, English, Spanish and Portuguese). My first guess would be German, since it is spoken by many and would have good producing standards being spoken in well-developped countries. I am not a big fan of electronic nor industrial (yet?) though, and all I heard in German seemed to fit those genres. So which countries/languages have a musical scene you find particularly interesting? Any input will be appreciated! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| CheeseInsider Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5113 days ago 193 posts - 238 votes  Speaks: English*, Mandarin* Studies: French, German | Message 2 of 8 30 December 2010 at 4:16am | IP Logged | ||
|
Classical Chinese is wonderful, Korean pop has some Western influences but still has a relatively different feel and sound, and who doesn't love Bollywood?! :P
Anyways, there's obviously sooo much that I haven't mentioned, but that's some of what came to my mind when answering your question. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| nuriayasmin Senior Member Germany Joined 5234 days ago 155 posts - 210 votes | Message 3 of 8 30 December 2010 at 4:36am | IP Logged | ||
|
I think all countries have a lot of music, you just have to discover it. I've always liked Czech music because my grandfather had a lot of Czech records but there probably aren't many people outside Czech Republic who could name just one Czech artist. I like Lucie Bílá a lot, she has got an amazing voice.
1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6541 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 4 of 8 30 December 2010 at 6:52am | IP Logged | ||
|
Russian for classic.
1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cowlegend999 Groupie CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5135 days ago 72 posts - 94 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Cantonese | Message 5 of 8 30 December 2010 at 7:27am | IP Logged | ||
|
If you're in to classical music I would say either Russian or German
1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| luhmann Senior Member Brazil Joined 5324 days ago 156 posts - 271 votes Speaks: Portuguese* Studies: Mandarin, French, English, Italian, Spanish, Persian, Arabic (classical) | Message 6 of 8 30 December 2010 at 9:47pm | IP Logged | ||
|
It depends of what kind of music you like, for heavy metal, that's Finnish for sure...
1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Didgeridoo Newbie United States Joined 5144 days ago 28 posts - 31 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Finnish | Message 7 of 8 31 December 2010 at 12:39am | IP Logged | ||
Well, it kind of depends on who you listen to and what subgenre you listen to. Black metal is famously Norwegian, a lot of power metal is from Germany, and folk metal could be any language - from Dutch to Finnish to Russian and beyond! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| stmc2 Diglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 6242 days ago 45 posts - 58 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: German | Message 8 of 8 02 January 2011 at 3:43pm | IP Logged | ||
|
I can't speak any languages from the Indian sub-continent but some lovely music is produced in these languages and I am not talking about Bollywood. For example,
Gulam Ali http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veV3ihJCdgg Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIFiSdIELVo Nina Virdee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOj-U01T0JU&feature=related The styles and forms of classical music from around India are vast but I hope that those give some pleasure. Pardon my ignorance if I am wrong but I think the first two are Urdu and the third is in Gujarati. 1 person has voted this message useful |
If you wish to post a reply to this topic you must first login. If you are not already registered you must first register
|  | 
Printable version
|
| Copyright 2024 FX Micheloud - All rights reserved No part of this website may be copied by any means without my written authorization. |
