Pop \u2013 Popular music<\/strong><\/p>\n Reggae \u2013 Reggae music<\/strong><\/p>\n Rock \u2013 Rock music<\/strong><\/p>\n Folk \u2013 Folk music<\/strong><\/p>\n Hip Hop \u2013 Hip Hop<\/strong><\/p>\n Heavy Metal \u2013 Heavy Metal<\/strong><\/p>\n Jazz \u2013 Jazz music<\/strong><\/p>\n Blues – Blues<\/strong><\/p>\n By far these are not all the different styles that exist, but even here, you can see that the words are very similar in both languages. The reason is pretty simple: In German we use a lot of \u201eAnglizismen\u201c (angliscisms). These are words that are just adapted from the English language and so they are valid in German as well. This happens often in contemorary words like internet, community, computer, meeting, overall…<\/p>\n But back to music. When we talk about classical music, we have a lot of words, that have their origin in Italian language and sometimes we have them translated in German:<\/p>\n piano<\/strong><\/p>\n crescendo<\/strong><\/p>\n forte<\/strong><\/p>\n fortissimo<\/strong><\/p>\n da capo<\/strong><\/p>\n mezzoforte<\/strong><\/p>\n How is this handled in English language?<\/p>\n When you think of the Notenlinien (staff), it all starts with a Notenschl\u00fcssel (clef) and the Vorzeichen (accidental) to declare the Tonart (key, tonality) of the song. And there are not only songs:<\/p>\n das Lied – song<\/strong><\/p>\n das St\u00fcck – piece<\/strong><\/p>\n die Oper – opera<\/strong><\/p>\n die Arie – aria<\/strong><\/p>\n die Operette – operetta<\/strong><\/p>\n der Akt – act<\/strong><\/p>\n die Rockoper \u2013 Rock opera<\/strong> (like Pink Flyod\u00b4s \u201eThe Wall\u201c)<\/p>\n The different Tonlagen (pitches) are categorised as follows:<\/p>\n Bass – bass<\/strong><\/p>\n Tenor – tenor<\/strong><\/p>\n Alt – alto<\/strong><\/p>\n Sopran – soprano<\/strong><\/p>\n In modern music, it\u00b4s mostly about songs. And very often they consist of Strophen (verses) and Refrains (chorus). That makes them pretty easy to recognize and easy to remember.<\/p>\n When you go out to see a Orchester (orchestra) or Musikgruppe (Band) play live, this is called a Konzert (concert, gig). The Besetzung of band is very often like this:<\/p>\n das Schlagzeug \u2013 drums<\/strong><\/p>\n der Bass \u2013 bass guitar<\/strong><\/p>\n die elektrische Gitarre \u2013 Electric guitar<\/strong><\/p>\n das Keyboard \u2013 Keyboards<\/strong><\/p>\n der Gesang \u2013 Vocals<\/strong><\/p>\n Of course there are a lot of other instruments as well. But this will be another blog post.<\/p>\n What are other vocabulary about music that you\u00b4re interested in? Feel free to start a discussion!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Some articles:<\/p>\n die<\/strong> Notenlinien<\/p>\n der <\/strong>Notenschl\u00fcssel<\/p>\n das <\/strong>Vorzeichen<\/p>\n die <\/strong>Tonart<\/p>\n die <\/strong>Strophe<\/p>\n der <\/strong>Refrain<\/p>\n die <\/strong>Tonlage<\/p>\n das <\/strong>Orchester<\/p>\n die <\/strong>Musikgruppe<\/p>\n das <\/strong>Konzert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" hi everybody, today I want to indroduce some general vocabulary about music to you.\u00a0 So, when we talk about music, we first have to seperate the different styles of music: Klassik – Classical music Pop \u2013 Popular music Reggae \u2013 Reggae music Rock \u2013 Rock music Folk \u2013 Folk music Hip Hop \u2013 Hip Hop…<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/06\/Notenschluessel-161x350.png\")