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Hello, welcome to 6 Minute English.
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I'm Neil.
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And hello, I'm Rob.
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Today we're discussing music and the idea that songs are becoming faster.
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What music do you like, Rob?
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Oh, me.
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I like rock music.
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It has good vocals and it's loud.
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How about you, Neil?
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Well, I like anything and I prefer streaming my music actually.
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No old fashioned CDs to buy and load up.
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It's easier to play and you can play it anywhere.
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And streaming is where you listen or watch music or videos directly from the internet as a continuous stream.
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Did you know that some people believe
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that streaming music online is actually changing the songs people write and it might be leading to songs getting faster?
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Well, that's what we're discussing today.
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Let's hope it doesn't happen to this programme, otherwise we might become three-minute English.
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But before it does, let's get on with our question for everyone to answer.
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In 2017, Luis Fonzi's summer hit Despacito officially became the most streamed song of all time.
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Do you know approximately how many times it was streamed?
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Was it a 1.6 billion times, b 3.6 billion times, or c 4.6 billion times?
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I know the song was popular but 4.6 billion sounds too big so I'll go for A, 1.6 billion.
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OK, well we'll find out later in the programme.
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But now back to our discussion about how music producers are adapting their songs for modern technology.
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Researchers have found long instrumental introductions to pop songs have become almost extinct.
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Of course the aim of many pop songs is to be enjoyed by many, to be popular.
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But they also need to be a commercial success.
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They need to make money.
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Brendan Williams, a music producer and Professor of Music Technology, can explain what he thinks influences the songs.
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Here he is speaking on BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme.
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I think that, you know, one of the things that's driving this, er, there are a number of things.
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They're all radio, er, they're all singles designed for radio playlists.
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Radio playlists are extremely important factors in judging the success of a track
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and obviously do feed into the kind of commercial success of a track.
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So, he mentions that radio playlists are important factors.
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A playlist is a list of songs that a radio station plans to play.
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And he says that radio playlists affect the commercial success of a song.
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By the way, he called a song a track – that's a recorded piece of music.
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And notice how he used the word driving, which means having a strong influence.
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So getting a song played on the radio is important
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and it has to be made in a way that will suit the radio station's playlist.
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Now, we know there are thousands of songs out there to listen to and plenty of ways to listen to them, so how can record companies get someone to listen to their particular song?
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Well, have a listen to Brendan Williams again to see what he thinks.
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But then there's the influence of streaming services like Spotify, where if a track isn't played for at least 30 seconds then it doesn't register a play. And Spotify...
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And if we don't hear the vocals then we might not carry on listening, is that the theory?
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Brendan Williams Absolutely yeah, that's the theory, is to get through, I guess to get into the meat of the song, to hear the lyrical content and get through to that first chorus.
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Well, it seems songs no longer have an intro, the instrumental piece of music that's played before the singing begins.
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In the old days, radio DJs, disc jockeys who played the records, loved to talk over that bit.
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Now we need to get to the lyrical content – that's the lyrics, or the words of the song, as soon as possible.
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So the theory, or idea, is to present listeners with vocals and a chorus more quickly as it will make them want to continue listening.
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That's because if a song isn't streamed for more than 30 seconds, it doesn't register a play.
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It doesn't get measured or recorded as a play.
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So it doesn't make money.
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So a song needs to hook the listener in quickly.
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In other words, it needs to attract their attention and be easy to remember.
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Another word for this is catchy.
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Do you have any favourite catchy songs, Rob?
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Oh, I do, I do.
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It's got to be Happy by Pharrell Williams.
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Very catchy song.
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Well, something that is always catchy in this programme is our quiz question.
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Earlier I mentioned that in 2017 Luis Fonzi's summer hit, Despacito, officially became the most streamed song of all time.
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Did you know approximately how many times it was streamed?
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Was it a 1.6 billion times, b 3.6 billion times, or c 4.6 billion times?
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And I went for a staggering 1.6 billion times.
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Well, it's not staggering enough, Rob.
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It was actually streamed 4.6 billion times.
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Amazing.
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That's a number that we can only dream of for this programme.
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Or is it?
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Well, Neil, shall we download to our memory some of the vocabulary we've learnt today?
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Streaming describes the activity of listening to or watching music, radio or videos directly from the internet as a continuous stream.
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Something that is a commercial success is popular and makes lots of money, like a new computer game or pop song.
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A good pop song, Rob.
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Not something annoying like Gangnam Style.
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Ah, well that was a huge commercial success because it was catchy, a word that describes something that attracts attention and is easy to remember.
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We also mentioned a playlist – that's a list of songs
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that a radio station plans to play –
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and we also used the same word – playlist – to
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describe a list of songs you compile yourself on a streaming service.
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We also heard the adjective driving, which in the context of our discussion means having a strong influence.
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And we mentioned the verb to register – if you register something, you record, count or measure it.
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Like every download of this programme is registered.
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But how do we download this programme, Rob?
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By going to our website at bbclearningenglish.com And we have an app too.
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Download it for free and stream all of our content.
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Bye for now.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 90 frases y 1068 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:10. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 173 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 84 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
- playlist /ˈpleɪˌlɪst/ (sustantivo) — lista de reproducción. A list of recorded songs scheduled to be played on a radio station.
- vocal /ˈvoʊ̯.kəl/ (adjetivo) — vocal. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
- producer /pɹəˈdjuːsə/ (sustantivo) — productor, productora. An individual or organization that creates goods and services.
- continuous /kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/ (adjetivo) — continuo, contino. Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
- attract /əˈtɹækt/ (verbo) — atraer. To pull toward without touching.
- instrumental /ɪnstɹəˈmɛntəl/ (adjetivo) — instrumental. Essential or central; of great importance or relevance.
- listener /ˈlɪs(ə)nɚ/ (sustantivo) — oyente, escucha. Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.
- hook /hʊk/ (sustantivo) — gancho, garfio. A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
- lyrics /ˈlɪɹ.ɪks/ (sustantivo) — letra, lírica. The words to a song (or other vocal music).
- disk /dɪsk/ (sustantivo) — disco. A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
- adapt /əˈdæpt/ (verbo) — adaptar, ajustar. To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
- researcher /ˈɹiˌsɝ.t͡ʃɚ/ (sustantivo) — investigador, investigadora. One who researches.
- quiz /kwɪz/ (sustantivo) — prueba, cuestionario. A competition in the answering of questions.
- vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ (sustantivo) — vocabulario. A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
- intro /ˈɪntɹoʊ/ (sustantivo) — intro. An introduction.
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
- find out (verbo) — averiguar, anoticiarse. To discover, as by asking or investigating.
- carry on /ˈkæɹi ˈɑn/ (verbo) — continuar, proseguir. To take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it.
- get into (verbo) — entrar en, entrar a. To move into (an object), such that one ends up inside it.
- get on with (verbo) — hacer, realizar. To proceed with; to begin or continue, especially after an interruption.
- get through /ɡɛt ˈθɹu/ (verbo) — aguantar, salir adelante. To overcome; to endure.
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 17 contracciones y formas reducidas, como doesn't, I'm, isn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: continuous /kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/, instrumental /ɪnstɹəˈmɛntəl/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como playlist, vocal, producer.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
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| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | was streamed · be enjoyed · be made |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | have found · we've learnt |
| Posibilidad con “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo posible pero no seguro | might be · might become · might not carry |
| Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupo | the most streamed |
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.