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Need help finding a piano song.
« on: October 20, 2008, 07:58:43 pm »
so for spanish we were assigned a project, we can basically do anything, as long as it relates to spanish culture. so i really wanted to play the piano, so i need help finding a song that was either written/about/for spanish culture. ie a song played on the piano for dia de los muertos [which i would love].

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« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2008, 12:43:35 pm »
I can't find anything about that, and it's Día de los difuntos, by the way.
If you want to find some Spanish piano music not related to that day, I can recommend you a few things.

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« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2008, 04:27:03 pm »
Chapianas (THE MEXICAN HAND CLAPPING SONG)?! Thats all i can think of.

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« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2008, 05:30:49 pm »
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I can't find anything about that, and it's Día de los difuntos, by the way.
If you want to find some Spanish piano music not related to that day, I can recommend you a few things.


i was talking about day of the dead. thats what the teacher had said, but im finding her wrong about a lot of stuff now that i get studying...id tell her but shes a scary woman.

i'd love to hear any other suggestions. :) thanks.


oh and i'll look into the clapping one.

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« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2008, 04:03:49 pm »
I take spanish also... I want to play a song :(

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« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2008, 01:14:23 pm »
Tu by Shakira is a very pretty song with strong piano. Here are two versions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYegNSaDfOg (studio version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYcFMjeQ-xU (live, as I prefer it)

I guess this is the translation. http://www.allthelyrics.com/forum/spanish-lyrics-translation/11236-translation-tu-by-shakira.html

She has odd choices of words sometimes, especially before she started to sing primarily in english. Her spanish songs are so much better though, I think. The MTV Live cd from 1998 or something is one of my fav CDs of all time.

edit: Ok, now I wanna learn this song haha. Thanks for helping me remember how awesome this song is!

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« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2008, 02:03:13 pm »
Hi!
I recommend you the Strings and Piano version of 'Pingüinos en la cama' by Ricardo Arjona. It's awesome and I think the piano is quite easy. That's all I can tell about Latin American music, which I don't know very fine.
However, I can recommend a lot of things of Spanish music:
- '¿Y si fuera ella?' by Alejandro Sanz. It's very very known here.
- 'El Último Vals' and 'Dulce Locura' by La Oreja de Van Gogh. It was released this year.
- 'No me importa nada' by Luz Casal.
- 'Estoy'. I'm not sure about the composer, because it's been sang in Operación Triunfo (a talent show) by some cute boy called Iván. Search 'estoy ivan ot'. This song is really beautiful.
I hope it's been helpful.
Bye!