{"id":2083,"date":"2013-03-13T07:14:11","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T23:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/?p=2083"},"modified":"2015-11-19T14:03:08","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T14:03:08","slug":"14-extra-songs-to-learn-chinese-and-expand-your-horizons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/14-extra-songs-to-learn-chinese-and-expand-your-horizons\/","title":{"rendered":"14 extra songs to learn Chinese and expand your horizons"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the third part in my miniseries about listening to music in Chinese. So far, the following articles have been published. It is likely that there will be more articles in the future when I have discovered more great music I want to share, but since I have covered most of the music I want to cover, I’m not likely to write more about it soon.<\/p>\n

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  1. Why learning Chinese through music is underrated<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. 12 songs to learn Chinese and expand your horizons<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. 13 more songs to learn Chinese and expand your horizons<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. 14 extra songs to learn Chinese and expand your horizons<\/a> (this article)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If you still want more music, you should be fine on your own. You can also check out this list from Chinese to Learn<\/a>. It contains lots of songs with introduction to the artist, lyrics and so on. Also, don’t forget to check the comments to the other articles. There are some good stuff in there I simply don’t have room for (I don’t want to make these articles overcrowded).<\/p>\n

    The following is the same introduction as that found in the previous article, included here for clarity.<\/p>\n

    Click here<\/a> to skip directly to the music.<\/p>\n

    Not everybody will like everything, but you will like something<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The purpose of this article is to get you started on using Chinese music to learn Chinese Therefore, I’ve picked a wide variety of music and included links to YouTube versions of these songs. There might be better versions out there with more suitable subtitles and so on, but the goal here is to introduce you to good music, not teach you the lyrics.<\/p>\n

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    Image credit: sxc.hu\/profile\/ba1969<\/p><\/div>\n

    I have used four criteria when selecting the songs:<\/p>\n

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    1. I think they are good<\/strong> in some way (which is not related to lyrics)<\/li>\n
    2. They are unique<\/strong> in some way (voice, instruments, style)<\/li>\n
    3. They represent a genre<\/strong> which isn’t mainstream<\/li>\n
    4. They have interesting lyrics<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Note that I don’t claim that all songs and artists are famous (although most are) in China. Neither do I claim that they are all good for language learning purposes (I might not even like listening to them, but you might!). The goal is to find music you like, which is, in my opinion, more important than finding the perfect song for language learning. If you like all kinds of music, then pick a song I’ve written “clear Mandarin” or similar next to.<\/p>\n

      If you want to recommend other artists or songs to me or other readers, please leave a comment!<\/p>\n

      <\/a>10 more songs to learn Chinese and expand your horizons<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \u9ed1\u8c79 – \u65e0\u5730\u81ea\u5bb9<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

      There seems to be a number of fairly famous bands who made lots of good rock music roughly two decades ago. I find this much more agreeable than most modern rock music I’ve listened to. Also check out \u5d14\u5065, who has already been mentioned in this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n