Irina Rempt-Drijfhout <ira@...> wrote:
> I can remember almost any text much more easily if I set it to a tune
> I know very well - for instance one of the Orthodox church tones.
> It's not a question of the words belonging to the tune, as the same
> tune is used over and over in church music (i.e. in a sixth-tone
> week, we sing dozens of different short texts all to the same tune).
>
I know what you mean. I've picked up a couple of Japanese
songs (my brother's an _otaku_ :-) just from hearing them
over and over, even though I don't have a clue what 90%
of the words mean.
--Pablo Flores