<p>As a general rule, listen to old songs from the '60s and '70s where good clear diction was the order of the day because the words of a song carrying a moral message mattered more then.</p>
<p>Now it's the thumping music, tailored for dancing and the deliberate slurring of the words to create a &quot;cool&quot; punk rock effect, hence the difficulty in catching all the words, even for native speakers.</p>
<p>Try this relatively modern artist, with easy lyrics of a nice song:-</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/fbWhKaoZXXM?si=UaVSXMNC2P7zbZs4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://youtu.be/fbWhKaoZXXM?si=UaVSXMNC2P7zbZs4</a></p>

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2024-03-03T12:47:32.327Z
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Wayne Cheah
<p>As discussed in <a href="https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/170/can-native-chinese-speakers-distinguish-tones-in-songs">other questions</a>, in a lot of Mandarin music the spoken. tones get lost which make it hard to understand or use for learning.</p>
<p>Is there any well-known Mandarin music or music artists where the speech tones are (relatively) well preserved?</p>

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2024-03-03T14:57:07.880Z
The better way to learn is from videos with lyrics shown.
r13
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姐就是女王 by 王莎莎: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/ji%C4%9B-ji%C3%B9-sh%C3%AC-n%C7%9A-w%C3%A1ng-i-am-empress.html
alephalpha
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2024-03-04T16:10:01.573Z
I would recommend the Taiwanese singers "鄧麗君" and "費玉清", both are considered "咬字清晰". Try https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvnj_J_dO9s and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjitR7RZEQU.
r13
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Mandarin music with clear speech tones
# Mandarin music with clear speech tones

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-03-03)

As discussed in [other questions](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/170/can-native-chinese-speakers-distinguish-tones-in-songs), in a lot of Mandarin music the spoken. tones get lost which make it hard to understand or use for learning.

Is there any well-known Mandarin music or music artists where the speech tones are (relatively) well preserved?

**Tags:** mandarin, tones

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The better way to learn is from videos with lyrics shown.  
> **username_2**: 姐就是女王 by 王莎莎: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/ji%C4%9B-ji%C3%B9-sh%C3%AC-n%C7%9A-w%C3%A1ng-i-am-empress.html  
> **username_1**: I would recommend the Taiwanese singers "鄧麗君" and "費玉清", both are considered "咬字清晰". Try https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvnj_J_dO9s and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjitR7RZEQU.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2024-03-03. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

As a general rule, listen to old songs from the '60s and '70s where good clear diction was the order of the day because the words of a song carrying a moral message mattered more then.

Now it's the thumping music, tailored for dancing and the deliberate slurring of the words to create a "cool" punk rock effect, hence the difficulty in catching all the words, even for native speakers.

Try this relatively modern artist, with easy lyrics of a nice song:-

<https://youtu.be/fbWhKaoZXXM?si=UaVSXMNC2P7zbZs4>


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