MUSIC
AND MORE
To
many people in many cultures, music is an important part of their way
of life. Ancient
Greek and Indian
philosophers defined
music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as
harmonies. Common sayings such as "the harmony of the spheres"
and "it is music to my ears" point to the notion that music
is often ordered and pleasant to listen to.
- How was
“music” born? Which could be considered the first song of
History. Explain where the word comes from.
If you ask me, I say Music was born with “Johann Sebastian Bach” in 1685, this master of music teach to the rest of the world and subsequently “Mozart” and “Beethoven”.
For me the music was born there.
But the first song of History was found in Mesopotamia, this song was called Nikkal, goddes of orchard. This song was created 3400 years ago.
- From
there, music has evolved in different ways. Name the kinds of music
that you can find and describe them briefly.
Pop
The most common is the Comercial Music(Pop). This music is created by one “artist” for the masses and public places. Music made to make money. Here sing a beauty singer with computer sounds.
These songs talk about love or happy times.
Rock
The next one is the Rock Music. In rock music is played by a band, a group of people.
In rock the instruments like guitars, drums, keyboards and bass prevail.
Classical
The classical music who all people knows, the
“real” music in my opinion is an instrumental music which predominates
the strings instruments.
Rap
Rap
music was created for the black people in USA in social protest. The
songs are about a lot of words sung quickly. And in these songs are too rhymes.
Heavy
Metal
Heavy
Metal music which predominates expert guitar players with distorsion sounds,
drums with double pedal and singers with very beautiful skills and
power to sing. The balads of this style are the best balads in the
world.
Electronic
Music
Music
made with computer software and random sounds in a rhythm equal
annytime.
Reggaeton
Shit
for sale and very popular in clubs. Same rhythm in ALL songs and
erotic and empty lyrics. Nothing more about this “style”.
- What
are the benefits of music? When, according to experts, should you
listen to music?
In
my opinion, the music is one of the most important things in the
world. Her powers are fantastic. Depend of music, relaxing,
calm the pain, motivate, delete stress, and activate the person. And
there is all studied by medics.
- Where
can you listen to music? Comment on the places where music is
banned.
In any place but if you go
to school or a
place where someone listens, is not recommended.
And in a public places of study as libraries.
- What is
SGAE and how do they control the use of music? What is ‘The
Operation Saga’?
Sociedad
General de Autores y Editores (SGAE) regulates who not show music in
public places without paying for that music.
The Operation Saga starts
in 2011, despicable spanish people feed greed
with money for fines by this cooperation (SGAE) and they put this
money in private business.
- How can
you download music from the internet and how is it legislated by law
?
You
can download music if you DON'T pay for her. This is called “share”
and is legal yet.
- What
kind of devices do we have nowadays to listen to music? What is the
most commonly used?
The
most commonly used is the MP3, and phone. Music only for you in your
devices, small and portables.
- What do
people do in order to learn English using songs?
Translate
the lyrics and re-listen the song. Now the people learn the lyrics a
little bit more.
- Why is
music a good way to learn English?
All
people love music and the best lenguage to make music is English.
People enjoy understand music which like. If you like, be fun.
- Look
for activities that people use in lessons in order to learn from
songs.
“Translate
the song” is a very good activitie for learn English.
