Music and languages
November 3rd, 2006. Published under General. 4 Comments.
Not long time ago our friend Julia gave us a lot of Brazilian music. She knows Portuguese very well and also visited Brazil a few times. She said that the music is blazing. I listened to a few albums but was not so optimistic about this. I thought why, and the answer I think is: I don’t know Portuguese.
I never loved French music, but after I start learning this language it seems to me that French music is Fantastic! I think correlation between music and language you are listening has to be, what do you think?
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Dmitry Linkov on November 6th, 2006
Fully agree with you. There is another point – very often we choose to study certain language just because we need it (for work etc.) but don’t because we like it. And in this particular case correlation is not so strong. For example – I studied spanish in school but I’m not fond of spanish music or culture. I’m not saying it is bad I’m just saying that I don’t feel interest.
Alexandra on November 7th, 2006
I believe that music you like fully reflects your inner world.
I even think that music was the first, it was invented before any languages. Cave people were producing some nice sounds like melodies while killing elephants and making steaks. So, they needed words to describe their feelings….and….ta dah…language was invented.
Dmitry Linkov on November 10th, 2006
But I think it wasn’t songs prototypes. They just yelled to be furious and to frighten animals. But then they needed to communicate somehow – and here comes the language. Music is a little bit more mysterious thing – and roots are in people beliefs. I think music came primarily from religious acts – just because I think religion is powerful enough to “produce” a music.
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Alexandra on November 3rd, 2006
Only yesterday I discussed this issue with a friend of mine. We talked about Cuban music and dance culture. It’s amazing how they do feel rythm and motion. It seems to be in their blood by nature.
I think the music we choose is deeply connected with our temperament and spirit. The same applies to languages we choose.
So, music taste correlates with language we choose to study. And all of that predefined by our character.
What do you think?
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