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Ich feiere gerade mein 2.
Jubiläum in
Deutsch lernen
Celebrating my 2nd
Anniversary in German
Learning
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Mein Abschlussprüfung |
Cuppa singt a-cappella:
Nur wer noch träumen kann
click the green Play button
below |
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Ein nostalgischer Blick
Gallery /
Slideshow |
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Meine Welt
3.
Juni
auch mit meinem Singen |
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A Review of My German Notes Site |
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My Decision on Learning German |
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German Proficiency: A Self-Evaluation |
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Nein, das ist gar kein chinesisches Bier |
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My 1st Anniversary: Tribute to Mentors |
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Von nun an, muss ich wirklich Grammatik
studieren, weil
« Ich bin nur ein Anfänger
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keine Ausrede mehr ist!
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Cuppachino |
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Jetzt muss ich
endlich nicht mehr meinem Alter in Monaten sagen. Uiii!
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Ich dachte, es wäre angebracht,
der Anlass zu feiern, |
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I thought it'd be fitting to
celebrate
the occasion with music by Beethoven. |
mit ein bisschen
Musik
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Beethoven. |
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Natürlich, Ich bin kein Sänger. Ich bin nur ein Mensch, der
Musik liebt. Ich gab sich alle Mühe der Welt, das Lied nur
annähernd so gut zu singen wie das Original von
Helene Fischer.
Hoffentlich würdest du mein Versuch interessant finden. Manchmal
weiß ich nicht, ob ich mutig oder einfach total
verrückt bin. :) |
Clearly, I'm no
singer. My voice is very weak and of limited range. Lacking
training and practice, my techniques are poor. I am relatively
pitch-accurate, however, and have good sense of rhythm. I
minored in music in my undergraduate college, and have extensive
studies in musicianship and theories.
Thus, this is an
exercise in humility and courage —not a demonstration of singing
skills. As my amateur attempt does not even remotely do this song justice, I
invite you to listen to the original by
Helene Fischer, in
her splendid glory.
Dec. 31, 2011
Apparently, I didn't stop
at my March 1 debut... I've thus far posted 7 songs, with
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This is indeed the "little top-secret project" which
I mentioned last month. Actually, the singing was only
half of it. That idea came to me about 6 weeks ago, and
it took me 3 weeks to learn the German lyrics and sing
it without major pauses and hesitations. At that point,
my work and other duties suddenly became extremely busy,
and I was simply too exhausted to proceed to part 2 of
that project. It's currently being postponed
indefinitely (but certainly not cancelled). Stay
tuned... Mal sehen.
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A subtle philoso-phical point: |
Notice that
I didn't say "I can't sing..." That's because I
know I can. Whenever others say that, I'd point out:
All of us can sing, albeit not good at it.
Also, das ist der Cuppageist. Moral of the day: If lil'
Cuppa can do it, so can you! |
Life is too short
to forever
restrict ourselves to singing only during shower or
while driving. In fact, I started using a tagline on
this site in March 2009, and it's been a
permanent fixture ever since:
Sing mit mir ein kleines Lied,
dass die Welt in Frieden lebt.
(Songtext
von
Nicole) |
More German Singing by Me
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Production Tidbits
Back in May 2009,
when I tried to sing "Die Lorelei," I discovered
that it's crucial to have either official sheet
music, or some sort of singing scripts.
The primary
objectives are to: 1. indicate start of
measures/bars, and 2. to annotate the alignment
of syllables with notes.
I developed a
crude-but-effective notation which I have
successfully used many times. It is also quite
self-explanatory.
Here's
my
script for this song. |
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Sing mit mir ein kleines Lied, dass die Welt in Frieden lebt. |
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