Archive for 'Music'
German music: Rio Reiser Posted by jan on Jul 14, 2011
Hi everybody… Some weeks ago when I introduced Herbert Grönemeyer to you, there was a big respond to it. Many of you wanted to know more about German musicians or bands. I guess you thought about the contemporary ones not about classic 🙂 So I decided to do a little series of portraits from time…
Instruments – Instrumente Posted by jan on Jul 1, 2011
Hey there, as I promised, there will be a blog post about instruments. So let´s start the classic way and have a look at an Orchestra. In it´s main parts it consists of the following instruments: der Dirigent – conductor die Violine/die Geige – violin die Bratsche – viola das Violoncello – violoncello der Kontrabass…
Jupiter Jones – Still Posted by Sandra Rösner on Jun 24, 2011
One effective way of picking up a foreign language is to listen to and to sing along songs. I am sure that most of you think probably of Rammstein and Tokio Hotel when they think of German artists and music, as these bands are very popular abroad. Unfortunately, none of these bands are my taste…
Vocabulary about music Posted by jan on Jun 22, 2011
hi everybody, today I want to indroduce some general vocabulary about music to you. So, when we talk about music, we first have to seperate the different styles of music: Klassik – Classical music Pop – Popular music Reggae – Reggae music Rock – Rock music Folk – Folk music Hip Hop – Hip Hop…
German music: Herbert Grönemeyer Posted by jan on May 14, 2011
Hi everybody! First of all: Sorry for not blogging for a while! I was involved in another project where I had to shoot several videos for Transparent. Today I want to introduce a very famous singer and Liedermacher (songwriter) to you. His name is Herbert Grönemeyer. Maybe he is the most famous Musiker (musician) in…
German Music: Laith Al-Deen Posted by Sandra Rösner on Apr 11, 2011
This time it is getting musikalisch (musically). I would like to introduce you to one of my favorite German Musiker (musicians): Laith Al-Deen who is one of the few Künstler (artists) who also sings in German. You should know that most German singers bevorzugen (prefer) or, at least, dazu neigen (tend) to sing in English…
Musik und Musikinstrumente – music and musical instruments Posted by Sandra Rösner on Jan 29, 2011
In my previous post I already told you about an Australian friend, whom I got to know some weeks ago. Another reason why I tell you about this encounter is concerning music. In our first Unterhaltung (conversation) he told me that he plays the guitar, which is my Hobby (hobby) as well. This is why…