Adiemus - the tune stuck in my mind

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This song... it can't get out of my head.

I walk through the living room and hum the tune - my husband is already thinking of methods to get revenge on me for spreading this song-infection on him too... But that's it, from last Friday words sounds like

Ariadiamus la-te ariadiamus da
Ari a natus la-te adua

A-ra-va-re-tu-e-va-te
A-ra-va-re-tu-e-va-te
A-ra-va-re-tu-e-va-te-la-te-a

are present in my mind, day and night. Awake or asleep.

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One. Now you think I am out of my mind as these words don't mean anything. Consequence: you close this post.

Two. You think that it's fine so you continue with this post. Consequence: you too are in danger of being affected by this song.

So... one or two?

The words indeed don't have meaning in any of the official languages people here on Hive could talk. This language is invented, by the composer of the saga of Adiemus albums, Sir Karl William Pamp Jenkins. The song that is stuck in my mind is the same named one, Adiemus, from the first album in this series, Songs of Sanctuary.

I heard it, a long time ago. However, I didn't know anything about it. Even I was not sure about the composer/performer. If I had to guess I would say something like Enya, Enigma, or music that was influenced by Vangelis...

The eye-opening event happened last Friday.

Between lessons, Pilates, grocery, lunch, playing at a wedding ceremony you saw in my last post, and more lessons I could also attend the graduation ceremony of my son and the concert they gave for that occasion (playing in the orchestra of his conservatory, for the last time in the role of the concertmaster in this setting...)

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I hope you can see the names of the pieces they played. It was interesting as they combined the string orchestra with the choir and later with the brass band. My favourite of all... you already know. Adiemus.

It was my favourite to that level that despite the need to practice other things this week (for three different performances that will take place) I found the scores and played & recorded it this morning. 😁

It is quite repetitive, you can say. And it is, as it is that style of this music, new-age. There are fewer different details so you can stay focused on one rhythmical pattern or just a few chords. It sounds really cool when played by a symphonic orchestra because of the dynamic effects (piano as an instrument is a bit limited in it, at least a digital piano and if I don't add additional effects).

If you still read these lines it means that you have chosen the number two and continued with the post. I hope you don't regret it. You still have a chance to avoid the part of the "song infection"! 😂

But if you press the play button of the video, then there is a risk that you will hum the tune too for the next two days.

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Music is on the air....sometime I get a song singing in my head... maybe cause I like it!!

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Music is always around. Indeed, like air or in the air 🎶

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Hahaha, as soon as I saw the title I heard this dramatic song play in my head, which as you say, sounded like Enya, Enigma, or Vangelis (and at some point became the commercial soundtrack of an airline). Though I never knew the words were not of any human language. I just assumed it was one I didn't speak. Thanks for the trivia! Now I need to see how to get this tune out of my head... 😜

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Now I need to see how to get this tune out of my head... 😜

Bocsi 🤐 ... pedig figyelmeztettem az olvasókat 😂

The words sound like the Latin language, right? It was my first impression at least. And then I read this interesting detail:

No hay letra en las canciones, sino que los cantantes recitan sílabas y palabras inventadas por el compositor. Sin embargo, en vez de llamar la atención a base de patrones de fonemas, el lenguaje de Adiemus está cuidadosamente estilizado a fin de no distraer la atención del oyente del timbre y el tono de la voz; por ejemplo, lo mismo que sucede con los idiomas africanos, las sílabas que terminan en consonante son inusuales. El concepto central de Adiemus es que la voz tendría que funcionar como un simple instrumento musical, una postura moderna que se ha convertido en una cierta tendencia, como ejemplifica la música compuesta por Vangelis para la película 1492: Conquista del Paraíso (1992) o el estilo lírico de Wim Mertens.

El propio término de Adiemus se escribe de forma similar a una palabra en Latín que significa "Nos reuniremos cerca", aunque Jenkins asegura que lo desconocía.

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It does sound like Latin, doesn't it? ...until you try to translate it, all enthusiastic from learning it in school, and find out that something doesn't add up. Maybe our school Latin was not completely up to date? Or the song may be some weird dialect of vulgar Latin? I really wish someone had told me this back then. It would have saved quite a bit of frustration!

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It really is a very contagious rhythm 🎹🎶🎶🎶 and also beautiful ❤️, thanks for sharing señorita Mipiano de la pandemia musical jjjjajajajaj

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😂 Morí. Lo siento, no pude evitar, que supieran la gran carcajada que he tenido con esto.

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Pude ver tu video!!! Estoy fuera de casa y la conexión me lo permitió.

Beautiful theme and beautiful interpretation too. I was infected 🤣. Lucky your video on this morning I'm having of paperwork and waiting in a paperwork office.

Congrats to your son. Nice week 🤗.

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Alegríaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Has podido ver el vídeo!! 🤓

I think you always have to go to a paperwork office, so to have a good internet connection! 😜

Gracias.Le espera la graduación del bachillerato también, la semana que viene. When does your daughter have her graduation?

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First of all, congratulations to your son. It is a great joy that we all celebrate here with you. Surely his performance was spectacular and you were very proud and rejoiced. Great.

I love waking up like this. I am slowly starting my day, with a great happiness-tiredness that I feel all over my body. But whose meaning is beautiful just like this infection.

🙂✨☕

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Thank you. It was good but also a bit sad as it was the last time they played together in this setting.

La noche fue 🔥?

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They say that when you have a song in your head and it won't go away you have to listen to it or play it, that's metodo.... I don't know if it's true.

I've heard it before.... I don't know where but I love it!!!!!! Too much! And I listen to it with headphones, the sound is even deeper. Spectacular, ideal for listening while I write. Today I think you will have a surprise that you asked me for a long time ago!

This song really inspires, I'll listen to it several times, thank you!😍

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Well, the song is still present in my mind so I don't know if it works hahaha.

Played by an orchestra is much more powerful than on the piano. It inspires a lot 😇

The surprise - I just saw your beautiful post of the castle after my lessons and between dinner and urgent tasks I had to do, but I am going to read it thoroughly now 🤓

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Now I know it doesn't work.... I have to find another solution hahaha

I promised I would go and I went and I would go a thousand times... I still have to go to Gibralfaro!😃

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I would go a thousand times

hahaha, and not just five times 😜

My husband found some 10 hours of music tracks - as revenge lol 😂 something like Baby Shark hahahaha

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Revenge is not good.... kills the soul and poisons it hahahahahahahaha

I'd go a thousand times, I don't care, I love it... and it's free on Sunday hahahaha

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The sounds are very relaxing and I can't avoid beating with my hands here, Ma'am. 😊

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I am glad you liked this music. I still can't get it out of my mind 🎶

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I stayed until the end, I chose "two" so I will come back in the next days to tell you if I was humming it haha 🤣

By the way, congratulations to the little mipianito 🦉❤️

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Ok, so I will wait one more day and then we will know if you still hummed it or not 😂😂

Gracias 😇 🦉 🤗

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Great to see the list of pieces that were played. It must be quite a talent to make such rhythmic music that’s catchy and never gets old. The mind truly has multiple tabs open and you can make out that’s it’s always browsing through most of the tabs 😂 to have such a humming effect on us.

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Hahaha, multiple open tabs in our minds hahaha, that is a great description. So funny, but kinda true :D

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Happiness is contagious, and even more so if it is due to the success of the children. I loved your music. Happy day.🥰🤗

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Music and happiness are contagious indeed 😉
Thank you and happy day to you too, @mamani 😇

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when a song is ringing in my head, it's like I'm addicted to listening to it, all I do is sing it every time I travel and sleep, but over time I get bored, but my solution when I'm in a situation like that, I can just sing it and listen to it until it stops

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It was better today - the tune faded a bit as I had to practice many other pieces and had a very busy day. So, the solution is to work hard on other tunes,
and it stops indeed 😂

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I dare to get stuck on a new tune ... and I note that the old sound of great church masses and chants of the past centuries and "Adoramus Te," an old church standard in Latin, is sitting there in that new music ... because I have been following Kurt Moll and Wout Oosterkamp around through all these Haydn and Beethoven masses recently and have so much Pachelbel in my memory past that, this music sounds new and old at the same time! I love new music with DEEP ROOTS, so, thanks for sharing!

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It does sound new and old at the same time, you summarized it in the right way, Frau Mathews. 😇

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