Listening to traditional Greek music
By Carol Brown
@blitzfrick (2890)
United States
May 21, 2017 12:45pm CST
May 21, 2017
As I type these words, I'm listening to traditional Greek songs via YouTube.
I studied the modern Greek language in the 1990s but no longer understand it other than polite phrases such as please, thank you, and one or two others. Yet I enjoy these songs and the accompanying bouzouki.
I know that MyLotters live all over the world so I wonder if you listen to music in languages you do not speak, and if so what do you like?
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@sallypup (58298)
• Centralia, Washington
22 May 17
@blitzfrick Then there's folks like Davy Spillane who make the Irish pipes speak loud and clear.
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@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
22 May 17
Did you hover your cursor over the masks? The photo is Pixabay of course.
For me, there's something about not understanding the language that frees me to listen to aspects of the language I would otherwise not pay attention to, like its rhythm and phonetics, for example. Not that I analyze it, but somehow just hearing the language combine with the music enhances the experience.
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@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
22 May 17
@sallypup Never heard of Spillane, but will check YouTube for him.
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@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
21 May 17
I wonder if Portuguese music is similar to Spanish music? I think the languages are somewhat alike.
@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
23 May 17
@Lupita234 I'll have to check out failas. Never heard of them. Got a link?
@paigea (35823)
• Canada
21 May 17
@blitzfrick I think it is probably similar, some of it anyway.
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@GreatMartin (23675)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
23 May 17
I'm still learning English--American or otherwise!! :O)
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@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
23 May 17
Me too. But it gives my brain a little vacation to listen to a totally undecipherable (to me) language set to completely different music from what I hear in my native country.
@MarshaMusselman (38723)
• Midland, Michigan
23 May 17
I prefer listening to Christian music on family life radio, but I also enjoy oldies that I grew up with before I was out of school and songs from the eighties or thereabouts.
I don't listen to music in other languages, although I have heard some in Spanish and those are fine, but I don't go out of my way to hear them.
I was going to say that I'm a little familiar with some Greek words although I never studied the language. I learned some of them when studying the Bible since if you do research the New Testament was originally written in Greek. I've not researched as much in these past ten to fifteen years as I did when I was younger, so I don't do as well recognizing the alphabet, but when I play a game online I do recognize when a person's name is written with the Greek alphabet and I think that's cool.
Maybe when I retire I can get back into studying that again. I doubt that I'd listen to the music though.
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@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
23 May 17
Yes, our fundie Christian preacher used to talk about the meanings of scriptures, referring to the Greek roots of the passage and instructing us as to the various interpretations of those Greek words. But the bible was written in ancient Greek and the songs I listen to are in modern Greek. There's a difference, my Greek teacher told me, back when I was taking those classes.
LOL, I still have my materials from that class. I kept them, thinking "When I retire, I'll get back to studying the language. I'll certainly have plenty of time then to do it." But Life gets in the way. And by Life, I mainly mean the internet.
I often listen to songs on YouTube from the 50s, 60s, and 80s. I don't know why I skip the 70s! 
I used to love church music, I sang alto at that time. Even though the music was printed on a regular staff with a key signature, the notes were shape notes. We had a singing class on Wednesday night before services and were instructed about shape note singing. Also, we sang a capella in our church, our belief was that instrumental music wasn't part of original Christian church worship. But whatever.
Your comment is interesting. Thanks!
I used to love church music, I sang alto at that time. Even though the music was printed on a regular staff with a key signature, the notes were shape notes. We had a singing class on Wednesday night before services and were instructed about shape note singing. Also, we sang a capella in our church, our belief was that instrumental music wasn't part of original Christian church worship. But whatever.
Your comment is interesting. Thanks!
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For the tradition of music primarily associated with shape-note notation, see Sacred Harp. "Star in the East" from the 1854 edition of Southern Harmony Star in the east Audio recording, perf
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
23 May 17
Greek culture is so fascinating
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@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
23 May 17
Truly, it is. I was lucky to visit there in the '90s, and I loved it. I didn't want to leave and have always wanted to go back and live there. I can't afford it now, though because of the Euro.
