Serenades still sometimes happen in Mexico.
We got woken up one night by una serenata under la ventana de nuestra vecina (our neighbor’s window).
My wife thought it was so romantic. A real life vision from the time of sus abuelos (her grandparents).
The girl didn’t seem pleased though. She just stayed inside. She didn’t even show her face in the window. Elena said, “she must be angry with him”.
I guess it was a make-up-for-some-bad-behavior-serenade.
Eventually, our neighbor could resist no more. She came to the window and later opened the door…
The morning music I used to hear was very different to the romantic serenades.
Our apartment backed onto a car wash. The workers in the car wash played Mexican Banda and Norteña music all day long.
And they started early.
If you haven’t heard Mexican Norteña music it might sound offensive to your ears.
The culture of this music in the village dance halls is that anyone can have a go. However, just because someone has the gumption to try singing doesn’t mean they sing well.
In fact, most sing terribly,
Yet, after hearing the songs over and over I started to get used to the sound.
One song in particular “Profundamente” by “El Coyote y Su Banda” grew on me. I really started to like it. I still like it.
Back then I was teaching English to a group of nurses, a tough job but someone had to do it.
I remember one of the girls telling me she didn’t like handsome men like Brad Pitt. According to her, men should be fuerte, fornido y feo. (Strong, hefty and ugly.)
She would probably like El Coyote.
Music is a really good fun way to pick up words.
El Coyote’s nasal voice is a little difficult to understand at times. That’s why I have added a transcript and some hints to help you understand more of El Coyote’s Spanish.
If you find Spanish speakers hard to understand in general, check out Spanish Ear Training. It’s a program especially designed to tune up your ear for understanding fast paced spoken Spanish.
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Great post, I conceive people should larn a lot from this web blog its very user pleasant.
So much wonderful info on here :D.
Do you have the same synergy lesson for a Spanish person to learn English
Not at the moment, I am hoping to add that in 2020 or 2021
You are a gifted teacher but more than that you are an ambassador for the Spanish way of life, thank you
his voice and speech are really pretty clear. Carlos Chavez is a lot harder, probably because he uses slang or dialect words. But thank you very much for this!
Muchas gracias,Marcus. Transcript is a must for me as it is almost impossible to hear the words of any modern songs. Keep up the good work as my Spanish is improving daily!
Saludos
Seamus
EL Coyote is blocked. I can’t watch it. It says, This video contains content from UMG, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds. How many people in the U.S. were able to watch the video? Pero NO PUEDO!!!! GRRRRrrrrrr……….
excellent, songs are such a good idea and from Mexican sunshine. ¡Necesito este!
Absolutamente estupendo. I have just bought the CD. Thank you Marcus.
I’m enjoying the videos with the Spanish ear training. They are fantastic and I even like El Coyote.
I can see why people like him though it is a bit of an acquired taste I think. Would love to hear more good tips on Spanish music. I recently discovered Juan Luis Guerra and love his “Burbujas de Amor” song. Thank you.
The translation makes it so much easier to understand! Love the music! Gracias!
I agree, the best way to train your ears is to listen to musical lyric of the new language you are learning. Recently I started watching DVD in Spanish and also listen to their music to help me pick up the language faster.
Thank you for this great tutorial. I first heard about El Coyote and I liked him. Maybe you have more music lessons?:)
Awesome Marcus! Variety is the spice of life. Gracias por su musica de espanol y por su lecciones y emails which I cannot wait to open when I see your name Marcus. Muchisimas gracias por su ayudarme!
Can you post more songs like this? It really helps to get new words by listening and sing along with Spanish songs.
Or do you know where to find these type of songs in the internet?
Muchas gracias.
¿Dónde está el trancript
I love El Coyote. I teach in Mexico. I love his song “Arboles en la barranca” and I think you are a fine teacher. Un abrazo.
Good fun if a bit ‘loud’. How about giving us the transcript for his other songs, it certainly helps to imprint the words on one’s brain!
en tu parte mucho gracia
I agree that this is a good way to train your ear by listening to music and lyrics; but to learn one should watch the transcript and translation two or three times and then try to understand with out looking at the transcript. This is great stuff.
I love this music with all my heart. I think it would help cheer up someone having a bad day.
love the music Marcus, it adds a bit of fun to the learning. I´m enjoying synergy spanish too, thankyou
love this,fabulous would love more of the music and transcriptions.thank you so much,cheered me up no end
gracias Marcus I’m taking your advanced intensive course… could you add songs like that to you lessons loved it
I love this teaching method. Thanks so much for the transcription – awesome idea Marcus!
gracias por la musica espanol. Me gusta cantar. Tiene mas musica en espanol con las palabras?
El Coyote strongly resembles two other people… -One is John Candy, the movie comedian and the other is Oliver Hardy from the comedy team of Laurel and Hardy back in the 1920s and 30s…
Very happy, like the music but don’t think the singer will ever be No. 1. Enjoyed though.
Ooooh…Spanish music is so upbeat, and this is a great choice Marcus. Gracias x
Gracias por la musica espanol y por las palabras. Yo prefiero el grupo “Mana”.