Boston Guitar Lessons – Blog

I find that listening to foreign music (or if you speak a second, third, fourth, fifth, etc. language, then from somewhere you don’t understand the language) is a good way to appreciate music from a different side.  You don’t get lyrics you can sing along with, you get the melody instead which you can hum.  A pet peeve of mine is whenever I hear someone say “Oh, this song is great, the lyrics are so good.”, and don’t get me wrong, I understand the importance of lyricism in today’s music (I “sing” along too!), but once you strip away the music, you’re left with words.  Melody is what makes the world go ’round!