Sign language and music - bringing music to the deaf
This Vox video introduces how a sign language interpreter uses sign language. Music is a wonderful thing that, I can sit a the concert hall, watching CBSO concert without concerning the problem of language. Since as a foreigner, speaking a language not my mother tongue is quite challenging. Although songs have lyrics, language, other musical factors diminish the language barrier. However, to deaf people, music is a foreign language to them, an interpreter translate. Beyond music, at the same, foreign language is a foreign language to most of us also need an interpreter. For example, in the TED talk video below, the speaker Christine Sun Kim is a deaf person, an interpreter translates her sign language. How to break the barrier in between? A musical piece that serves both sides. A song with sign language that both sides understand. Christine's artwork demonstrates music, motion, and time. (9:52) I choose Any Time at All by the Beatles. The lyrics are about time and emotion. The lyri...