Learning Spanish with Music!

Question

There are so many variations of culture, customs etc. You've heard of "salsa?" Here is an example by Gilberto Santa Rosa from Puerto Rico, He is known as, "el caballero de la salsa". His lyrics are very clear and a great learning tool. Later, if you like, I will post examples of Spanish music from other regions of the world.

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oh yes !!!!!!!! I've found lyrics help pronunciation, phrase structure grately & really like the music ...LOL, flaminco helps conjugate verbs very well. - HowardO, Mar 2, 2012

Answer 1

I really enjoyed this. You are right. He is easy to understand, but yet I learned some new vocabulary. I think posting songs is a wonderful idea.

Also, I am reading a book in Spanish called "Como Agua para Chocolate" (Like Water for Chocolate.) I am learning so much vocabulary and the way that sentences are structured. It is quite a learning experience as well, even though it is taking me a lllloooonnnnnggggg time and many trips to the dictionary. It is worth it, though.

I know that in the past people have posted short stories on the site, and I think that this is wonderful. I have read several that were good, and I will try to find them and post to the site as well.

Thanks for your selection. Please continue to send other great learning tools to the site!

That what this community is about! Learning! - 002262dd, Mar 2, 2012

Answer 2

I agree. I listen to a lot of music in Spanish. A couple of easy to understand artists are Shaila Dúrcal of Mexico and Myriam Hernández of Chile. Also there are are several good website for getting lyrics. A couple are:

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Answer 3

Sometimes i print out the lyrics to a song that i like the sound of, then i get my spanish dictionary and start looking up the words i dont know in the first few verses, listen again and repeat the next verse and so on. It sure has helped my vocabulary in a much less boring way than flashcards

Answer 4

When I starting learning Spanish I got some of the music, which was very helpful. The down-side was that I fell in love with Enrique. Jejeje

hahahahahahahahaha - mcl020, Mar 3, 2012

Answer 5

Nice! Thanks for sharing.

Answer 6

Most of my vocabulary is from spanish music. Whenever I hear a certain spanish word I can remember which song I learned that word from. Also to listen to a spanish song that I struggled with before and can now understand it completely is very enjoyable.

Answer 7

I have refound the clip, but it is not during 'La agarro bajando' but during 'Conteo regresivo'. This was sooooooo funny

Answer 8

Gilberto Santa Rosa can be very funny too. Watch this youtube-clip. He is performing his great song 'La agarro bajando' while a female fan who joined him on stage falls down. He immeditately adapts the lyrics ))

Yes, Youtube is great...sometimes they post the lyrics along with the video - --Mariana--, Mar 3, 2012

gggrrrrrr .... this is not the clip I meant, but I cannot refind it (now). - mcl020, Mar 3, 2012