lerning english through song

YESTERDAY

THE BEATLES

Yesterday,all my troubles seemed so far away
now it lookes as though they're here to stay
oh believe in yesterday
suddenly,i'm not half the man i used to be
there's a shadow hanging over me
oh yesterday dame suddenly

*Why she had to go i don't know,she wouldn't say
i said something wrong now i long for yesterday
yesterday,love was such an easy game to play
now i need a place to hide away
oh i believa in yesterday

(repeat*)
Mm mm mm mm...fade

TATA KALIMAT

USED TO ....
Tata kalimat used to+infinitive hanya muncul pada masa lampau
biasanya tata kalimat ini digunakan untuk mengacu pada kebiasaan-kebiasaan
dan keadaan-keadaan masa lampau.bila kita mengatakan.

Anto used to do joggging around this area in the morning ,before he moved to florida,yang kita maksudkan adalah beberapa saat lalu anto bisa lari pagi di daerah ini tetapi ia tidak melakukannya lagi sekarang.

jadi kalimat:

Suddenly,i'm not half the man i used to be
Yiba-tiba aku bukan merupakan bagian dari diriku yang dulu.


dikutip dari:learning english with fun through popular song.Dra.eunice santoso

when you believe

WHEN YOU BELIEVE lyrics David Archuleta
Many nights we've prayed
With no proof any one could hear
In our hearts a hopeful song we barely understood
Now we are not afraid
Although we know there's much to fear
We were moving long
Before we, we knew we could, oh
There can be miracles
When you believe
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles
You can achieve
When you believe
Some how you will
You will when you believe, ooh
In this time of fear
When prayer so often proves in vain
Hope seems like a summer bird
Just swiftly flown
And now I'm standing here
My heart's so full, I can't explain
Seeking faith and speaking words
I never thought I'd say
There can be miracles
When you believe
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles
You can achieve
When you believe
Some how you will
You will when you believe
Oh, oh
And it's easy to give in to your fears
But when you're blinded by your pain
Can't see your way to get through the rain
A small, but still, resilient voice
Says love is very near, oh
(There can be miracles, when you believe)
Oh, when you believe, oh
(Though hope is) frail
It's hard, (to kill) to kill, oh
Who knows what miracles
You can achieve
When you believe
(Some how you will)
Some how, some how, some how
You know, you know
You will when you believe
You will when you, believe
Ooh, you just believe
You will when you, believe
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When You Believe lyrics translation:

David Archuleta

ZERO GRAVITY

Songwriters: Archuleta, David; Diamond, Steven R; Gerrard, Matthew R T; Krompass, Mike


Tell me what you did to me,
Just there beneath my feet.
Didn't even notice we were miles above the ground.
I'm not afraid of heights,
We crashed into the sky,
Didn't know that I could feel the way that I do now.
I'm not asking for an explanation,
All I know is that you take me away,
And you show me how to fly.
Nothing brings me down,
When you're around.
It's like zero gravity.
The world just disappears when you're here,
It's zero gravity.
When things get messed up,
You lift my head up,
I get lost in the clouds.
There's no sense of time with you and I,
It's zero gravity.
The edges fade away,
'Till there's no more shades of gray,
You only have to whisper anything at all.
You opened up my eyes,
You turned my lows to highs,
And that's the only way that I know how to fall.
Not gonna analyze and try to fight it,
Don't even care if it makes no sense at all,
Cause with you I can fly.
Nothing brings me down,
When you're around.
It's like zero gravity.
The world just disappears when you're here,
It's zero gravity.
When things get messed up,
You lift my head up,
I get lost in the clouds.
There's no sense of time with you and I,
It's zero gravity.
You make it
So easy
To just drift away
I can't
Imagine
Being without you
Ohhhh
Don't think about...
Don't think about...
Don't think about...
Yeah yeah
Don't think about...
Don't think about it
Nothing brings me down,
When you're around.
It's like zero gravity.
The world just disappears when you're here,
It's zero gravity.
Nothing brings me down,
When you're around.
It's like zero gravity.
The world just disappears when you're here,
It's zero gravity.
Zero gravity

MOZART

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was not only one of the greatest composers of the Classical period, but one of the greatest of all time. Surprisingly, he is not identified with radical formal or harmonic innovations, or with the profound kind of symbolism heard in some of Bach's works. Mozart's best music has a natural flow and irresistible charm, and can express humor, joy or sorrow with both conviction and mastery. His operas, especially his later efforts, are brilliant examples of high art, as are many of his piano concertos and later symphonies. Even his lesser compositions and juvenile works feature much attractive and often masterful music.

Mozart was the last of seven children, of whom five did not survive early childhood. By the age of three he was playing the clavichord, and at four he began writing short compositions. Young Wolfgang gave his first public performance at the age of five at Salzburg University, and in January, 1762, he performed on harpsichord for the Elector of Bavaria. There are many astonishing accounts of the young Mozart's precocity and genius. At the age of seven, for instance, he picked up a violin at a musical gathering and sight-read the second part of a work with complete accuracy, despite his never having had a violin lesson.

In the years 1763 - 1766, Mozart, along with his father Leopold, a composer and musician, and sister Nannerl, also a musically talented child, toured London, Paris, and other parts of Europe, giving many successful concerts and performing before royalty. The Mozart family returned to Salzburg in November 1766. The following year young Wolfgang composed his first opera, Apollo et Hyacinthus. Keyboard concertos and other major works were also coming from his pen now.

In 1769, Mozart was appointed Konzertmeister at the Salzburg Court by the Archbishop. Beginning that same year, the Mozarts made three tours of Italy, where the young composer studied Italian opera and produced two successful efforts, Mitridate and Lucio Silla. In 1773, Mozart was back in Austria, where he spent most of the next few years composing. He wrote all his violin concertos between 1774 and 1777, as well as Masses, symphonies, and chamber works.

In 1780, Mozart wrote his opera Idomeneo, which became a sensation in Munich. After a conflict with the Archbishop, Mozart left his Konzertmeister post and settled in Vienna. He received a number of commissions now and took on a well-paying but unimportant Court post. In 1782 Mozart married Constanze Weber and took her to Salzburg the following year to introduce her to his family. 1782 was also the year that saw his opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail staged with great success.

In 1784, Mozart joined the Freemasons, apparently embracing the teachings of that group. He would later write music for certain Masonic lodges. In the early- and mid-1780s, Mozart composed many sonatas and quartets, and often appeared as soloist in the fifteen piano concertos he wrote during this period. Many of his commissions were for operas now, and Mozart met them with a string of masterpieces. Le nozze di Figaro came 1786, Don Giovanni in 1787, Così fan tutte in 1790 and Die Zauberflöte in 1791. Mozart made a number of trips in his last years, and while his health had been fragile in previous times, he displayed no serious condition or illness until he developed a fever of unknown origin near the end of 1791


source;wikipedia

PIANO

Piano adalah alat musik yang dimainkan dengan jari-jemari tangan. Pemain piano disebut pianis.

Pada saat awal-awal diciptakan, suara piano tidak sekeras piano abad XX-an, seperti piano yang dibuat oleh Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655 – 1731) buatan 1720. Pasalnya, tegangan senar piano kala itu tidak sekuat sekarang. Kini piano itu dipajang di Metropolitan Museum of Art di New York.

Meskipun siapa penemu pertama piano, yang awalnya dijuluki gravecembalo col piano e forte (harpsichord dengan papan tuts lembut dan bersuara keras), masih menjadi perdebatan, banyak orang mengakui, Bartolomeo Cristofori sebagai penciptanya. Piano juga bukan alat musik pertama yang menggunakan papan tuts dan bekerja dengan dipukul. Alat musik berprinsip kerja mirip piano telah ada sejak 1440.

Piano sendiri lahir dari keinginan untuk menggabungkan keindahan nada clavichord dengan kekuatan harpsichord. Hasrat itu mendorong Marius dari Paris (1716), Schroter dari Saxony (1717), dan Christofori (1720) dari Padua, Italia, untuk membuat piano. Namun, hasil utuh dan lengkap cuma ditunjukkan Bartolomeo Christofori. Dari piano ciptaan pemelihara harpsichord dan spinet (harpsichord kecil) di Istana Florentine - kediaman Pangeran Ferdinand de’Medici - inilah piano modern berakar.

Pada pertengahan abad XVII piano dibuat dengan beberapa bentuk. Awalnya, ada yang dibuat mirip desain harpsichord, dengan dawai menjulang. Piano menjadi lebih rendah setelah John Isaac Hawkins memodifikasi letaknya menjadi sejajar lantai. Lalu, dengan munculnya tuntutan instrumen musik lebih ringan, tidak mahal, dan dengan sentuhan lebih ringan, para pembuat piano Jerman menjawabnya dengan piano persegi. Sampai 1860 piano persegi ini mendominasi penggunaan piano di rumah.

Rangka untuk senar piano pertama menggunakan rangka kayu dan hanya dapat menahan tegangan ringan dari senar. Akibatnya, ketika pada abad XIX dibangun gedung-gedung konser berukuran besar, suara piano tadi kurang memadai. Maka, mulailah dibuat piano dengan rangka besi. Sekitar tahun 1800 Joseph Smith dari Inggris membuat suatu piano dengan rangka logam seluruhnya. Piano hasil inovasinya mampu menahan tegangan senar sangat kuat, sehingga suara yang dihasilkan pun lebih keras. Sekitar 1820, banyak pembuat menggunakan potongan logam untuk bagian piano lainnya. Pada 1822, Erard bersaudara mematenkan double escapement action, yang merupakan temuan tersohor dari yang pernah ada berkaitan dengan cara kerja piano.

Dalam perkembangannya, sebelum memiliki 88 tuts seperti sekarang, piano memiliki lima oktaf dan 62 tuts. Ia juga dilengkapi dengan pedal. Semula pedal itu digerakkan dengan lutut. Namun, kemudian pedal kaki yang diperkenalkan di Inggris menjadi populer hingga sekarang.

Sejumlah pengembangan berlanjut pada abad XIX dan XX. Tegangan senar, yangg semula ditetapkan 16 ton pada tahun 1862, bertambah menjadi 30 ton pada piano modern. Hasilnya adalah sebuah piano dengan kemampuan menghasilkan nada yang tidak pernah dibayangkan Frederic Chopin, Ludwig van Beethoven, dan bahkan Franz Liszt.

The piano is a musical instrument which is played by means of a keyboard. Widely used in Classical music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal. Although not portable and often expensive, the piano's versatility and ubiquity have made it one of the world's most familiar musical instruments.

Pressing a key on the piano's keyboard causes a felt covered hammer to strike steel strings. The hammers rebound, allowing the strings to continue vibrating at their resonant frequency.[1] These vibrations are transmitted through a bridge to a sounding board that couples the acoustic energy to the air so that it can be heard as sound. When the key is released, a damper stops the string's vibration. See the article on Piano key frequencies for a picture of the piano keyboard and the location of middle-C. Pianos are percussive. According to the Hornbostel-Sachs method of music classification, they are grouped with chordophones.

The word piano is a shortened form of the word pianoforte, which is derived from the original Italian name for the instrument, clavicembalo [or gravicembalo] col piano e forte (literally harpsichord with soft and loud). This refers to the instrument's responsiveness to keyboard touch, which allows the pianist to produce notes at different dynamic levels by controlling the speed with which the hammers hit the strings.


source:wikipedia

through song

MORNING HAS BROKEN

By cat stevens


Morning has broken like the first morning
Black bird has spoken like the first bird
Praise for the singing ,praise for the morning
Praise for the springing fresh from the world

Sweet thw rain’s new fall ,sunlit from heaven
Like the first dewfall on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Spring in completeness where his feet pass

Mine is the sunlight ,mine is the morning
Born of the one light eden saw play
Praise with elation ,praise every morning
God’s recreation of the new day


TATA KALIMAT

Ada kata benda yang terbentuk dari jenis kata yang lain.
Morning has broken
Morning yang biasanya dipakai sebagai kata keterangan waktu dalam hal ini
Dibendakan.

Singing (dalam praise for the singing)berasaldari kata kerja bentuk sedang (to sing –
singing),yang dijadikan kata benda dengan arti(proses)nyanyian ,tidak sama dengan
song yang berarti lagu.

Springing (dalam praise for the springing )juga berasal dari kata kerja bentuk sedang
(to spring – springing )yang dijadikan kata benda dengan arti (proses)penyumberan
atau persemian .

kata-kata benda yang terbentuk dari kata-kata kerja bentuk sedang(-ing)pada
umumnya dapat diartikan sebagai proses suatu kata kerja.

Sweetness (of the wet garden) dan completeness(spring in the completeness) adalah kata-kata benda yang terbentuk kata-kata sifat sweet’ (manis) dan complete (lengkap/utuh).salah satu pola pembentukan kata-kata benda dari kata-kata sifat/keadaan dilakukan dengan penambahan ness

contoh:
lazy lazyness
sick sickness
ill illness
great greatness

pola lain:
beautiful beauty
excellent excellence

dikutip dari : learning english with fun through song by Dra.Eunice Santoso

Classic Music Has An Effect

HUBUNGAN MUSIK DENGAN FUNGSI OTAK

Semua jenis bunyi atau bila bunyi tersebut dalam suatu rangkaian teratur yang kita kenal dengan musik, akan masuk melalui telinga, kemudian menggetarkan gendang telinga, mengguncang cairan di telinga dalam serta menggetarkan sel-sel berambut di dalam Koklea untuk selanjutnya melalui saraf Koklearis menuju ke otak. Ada 3 buah jaras Retikuler atau Reticular Activating System yang diketahui sampai saat ini. Pertama: jaras retikuler-talamus. Musik akan diterima langsung oleh Talamus, yaitu suatu bagian otak yang mengatur emosi, sensasi, dan perasaan, tanpa terlebih dahulu dicerna oleh bagian otak yang berpikir mengenai baik-buruk maupun intelegensia. Kedua: melalui Hipotalamus mempengaruhi struktur basal "forebrain" termasuk sistem limbik, dan ketiga: melalui axon neuron secara difus mempersarafi neokorteks. Hipotalamus merupakan pusat saraf otonom yang mengatur fungsi pernapasan, denyut jantung, tekanan darah, pergerakan otot usus, fungsi endokrin, memori, dan lain-lain. Seorang peneliti Ira Altschuler mengatakan "Sekali suatu stimulus mencapai Talamus, maka secara otomatis pusat otak telah diinvasi."

Sebuah survey pada suatu seminar menunjukkan bahwa pendengarnya mengatakan bahwa mereka tidak mendengarkan syair dari sebuah lagu. Namun pada waktu lagu tersebut diperdengarkan, separuh dari mereka dapat melagukannya tanpa mereka sadari. Hal ini menunjukkan adanya memori dalam otak yang mampu merekam apa saja yang masuk melalui pendengarannya bersama musik, tanpa mampu dicerna oleh akal sehat. Kesimpulannya tidak ada lagu/musik yang mampu dicegah masuknya ke dalam otak kita, walaupun kita berkata "saya tidak mendengarkan syairnya.

Seorang peneliti, Donald Hodges, mengemukakan bahwa bagian otak yang dikenal sebagai Planum Temporale dan Corpus Callosum memiliki ukuran lebih besar pada otak musisi jika dibandingkan dengan mereka yang bukan musisi. Kedua bagian ini bahkan lebih besar lagi jika para musisi tersebut telah belajar musik sejak usia yang masih sangat muda yakni di bawah usia tujuh tahun. Gilman dan Newman (1996) mengemukakan bahwa Planum Temporale adalah bagian otak yang banyak berperan dalam proses verbal dan pendengaran, sedangkan Corpus Callosum berfungsi sebagai pengirim pesan berita dari otak kiri kesebelah kanan dan sebaliknya. Seperti kita ketahui otak manusia memiliki dua
bagian besar, yaitu otak kiri dan otak kanan. Walaupun banyak peneliti mengatakan bahwa kemampuan musikal seseorang berpusat pada belahan otak kanan, namun pada proses perkembangannya proporsi kemampuan yang tadinya terhimpun hanya pada otak kanan akan menyebar melalui Corpus Callosum kebelahan otak kiri. Akibatnya, kemampuan tersebut berpengaruh pada perkembangan linguistik seseorang. Dr. Lawrence Parsons dari Universitas Texas San Antonio menemukan data bahwa harmoni, melodi dan ritme memiliki perbedaan pola aktivitas pada otak. Melodi menghasilkan gelombang otak yang sama pada otak kiri maupun kanan, sedangkan harmoni dan ritme lebih terfokus pada belahan otak kiri saja. Namun secara keseluruhan, musik melibatkan hampir seluruh bagian otak. Dr. Gottfried Schlaug dari Boston mengemukakan bahwa otak seorang laki-laki musisi memiliki Cerebellum (otak kecil) 5% lebih besar dibandingkan yang bukan musisi. Kesemua ini memberikan pengertian bahwa latihan musik memberikan dampak tertentu pada proses perkembangan otak.

Learning english through song

IMAGINE
John lennon

Imagine there's no heaven it's easy if you try
nohell below us ,above us only sky
imagine all the people living for today

imagine there's no countries it isn't hard to do
nothing to kill or die for and no religion too
imagine all the people living life in peace

you... you may say i'm a dreamer but i'm not the only one
i hope someday you'll join us
and the world will be as one

imagine no possesion i wonder if you can
no need for greed or hunger a for brother hood of man
imagine all the people sharimg all the world

TATA KALIMAT

NO sebagai determiner

Dapat digunakan sebelum kata benda tunggal (baik yg dapat dihitung misal: pensil,buku,atau yg tak dapat dihitung seperti:kertas,kapur,air) dan kata benda jamak.artinya hampir hampir sama dengan a atau not any,yaitu "tidak satupun",tetapi dalam penggunaannya posisinya sbb:

a.pada awal suatu kalimat ,dan
b.pada tempat-tempat lain yang gagasan negatifnya ingin kita tekankan.

example:
a. no hell below us = tidak ada neraka
nothing to kill = tidak ada yg dibunuh
no religion too = tidak ada agama
no need for greed = tidak ada kebutuhan akan ketamakan

b.imagine there is no heaven... = tidak ada surga
imagine there is n o countries = tidak ada negara-negara
imagine no possesion = tidak ada milik

perhatikan bahwa karena `no` di sini sudah berfungsi sebagai suatu `determiner` ,tidak dapat digunakan dengan determiner yang lain,misal: the,my ,your,his,dll,dan this.