Learning Through Music - Spanish

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English

Hola chicos y chicas!
Today I bring to you another edition of “Learning Through Music” this time the Spanish version!
I’ve been listening to Spanish music my whole life, even in the radio sometimes a catchy tune comes up and we sang along only half-understanding the lyrics.
But since I started reviewing Spanish as a language I’ve been searching for more fun songs to help me learn in a fun way!
But enough chit-chat, let me show you some of my favourite songs (keep in mind that I’m still new and because of that many of the popular trendy songs may just pass by me)

For starters I've been absolutly obcessed with this band! Since I listened to "Enamorate" I've been binge listening to Dvicio on my free time!

Now for some oldies! I remember perfectly when this song became such a big deal in my middle school, and everyone knew the complete lyrics to it, I never knew why though, until years later I heard it again! "A Diós le Pido" is also a good song by the same artist!

Staying in the "oldies" cathegory, this is another song that belongs in my childhood and EVERYONE heard before!

Now for a more recent song! Recorded in Portugal with our beautiful landscapes and the portuguese singer Carminho accompanying the amazing Pablo Alborán this is definitly a favorite!

This song has also become very popular here in Portugal, Enrique Iglesias in general is very well-known and has many fans over here!

Well this will be all for now, hope you liked it!
Nana

Português

Hola chicos y chicas!
Hoje trago-vos outra edição de “Learning Through Music”, desta vez a versão espanhola!
Toda a minha vida tenho ouvido música espanhola na rádio, e às vezes descubro verdadeiros tesouros entre elas, cantando mesmo apenas percebendo algumas palavras da letra.
Mas desde que comecei a rever Espanhol decidi procurar mais a fundo por estas músicas maravilhosas para me ajudar a aprender de uma maneira divertida!
Mas já chega de conversa, espero que gostem desta pequena compilação (tenham em mente que sou apenas uma iniciante por isso para vocês estas músicas podem já estar fora de moda)

Para começar tenho andado completamente obcecada com esta banda! Desde que ouvi acidentalmente a música "Enamorate" não quero ouvir outra coisa, os Dvicio são incríveis e oiço-os sempre nos meus tempos livres!

Agora para alguma nostalgia" Lembro-me perfeitamente quando no meu sexto e sétimo ano toda a gente ouvia esta música como loucos, apenas adoravam, nunca apercebi o porquê até alguns anos depois a voltar a ouvir e viciar! "A Diós le Pido" Também é uma música muito boa dele!

Continuando com a nostalgia, esta é uma música que TODA A GENTE já ouviu antes por aqui!

Agora para uma música mais recente! Com as maravilhosas paisagens portuguesas e a voz da maravilhosa cantora portuguesa Carminho a acompanhar o Pablo Alborán, esta é definitivamente uma favorita!

Esta música também é muito popular por aqui, o Enrique Iglesias em geram é muito famoso e tem muitos fãs deste lado do globo!

Bem isto vai ser tudo por agora, espero que tenham gostado!
Nana

Learning Through Music - Italian

Ciao!

As promissed today I bring to you the songs I personally use when learning Italian. Some of these songs belong to my childhood and I've known them by heart since I remember, others I found them when I first started learning Italian, as always this is my personal taste.

Italian works a little different from the japanese songs I showed you. Since it's a language that is really close to my native one, even closer than to English, I sometimes only look for the original lyrics (or "testo" as you say it in italian) and try to guess some of the meanings, decoding it.

This is the example of a song with both English and Italian lyrics. It's a very old song that I grew up with, so I know it well, and it has a decent amount of vocabulary, and the slow rythm allows you to follow it, word by word.

I think this is also an old song, this one doesn't have the translations, but the slow pace allows you once more to accompany it with ease.

This are three artist that I really like and that you should definitly check out! They are all fairly recent and still releasing musics today, of course you can research many more in bletween the genres you like the most.

This is all for today, see you next time!

Nana

Learning Through Music - Japanese

Konnichiwa!

Since I was little I was like a little music sponge that absorbed words everywhere through everything, so it's natural to say that one of the main resources that helps me with vocabulary in essencially every language is music!

My interest for Japanese may be rooted in anime, and through not only the anime itself, but also the openings and endings I learned perhaps 60% of the vocabulary I know today. I love singing along to catching sons like "Paper Moon" (Soul Eater 1st Op) and "Ichirin no hana" (Bleach 3rd Op), and those tunes along with hundreds of others helped me learn!

After that I graduated to other bands and performers, the one that catched my attention the best was Vocaloid and to this day I'm utterly OBCESSED with their songs! Cover, dubbed and slow versions also can be found on my cellphone, and are a great method to learn something!

First of all when you are looking to learn through songs it's best you find the versions that bring translation and romanization of it like this song for example:

This example brings English and Romaji subtitles which is what you should look for in order to catch on some vocabulary. But the song is too quick (although very cool) you barely have enough time to keep up with one of the subs, let alone both!

So my second advice is to look for slower songs, normally more childish songs work perfectly!

With this song I learned a CRAZY amount of vocabulary, listening and reading over and over again! It has helped me with phrase structure and basic vocabulary!

But this song also has a bonus! It has the lyrics written with kana right next to it! So slowly I can train my kana reading too!

But what if you don't like these types of songs and you just cringe hearing them? Well then you can just find the slower virsion of any japanese song you like, and if it doesn't have subs just try and search for them online!

I personally love this song in both versions, and it's again a very good example to help me with vocabulary!

I'll leave here my playlist with almost 300 videos, most of them subbed (some in portuguese though) if you want to check them out and find any that you enjoy!

Vocaloid Playlist

Well that is all for now, next time I'll bring you my Italian playlist so look forward to that!

Nana