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Title: Music%20of%20China%20Juxtaposition%20of%20the%20Old%20with%20the%20New


1
Music of ChinaJuxtaposition of the Old with the
New
Bang-Bang Jun (Stick-Stick Army)
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Vocal Music
  • Nasal, pinched sound
  • Planting the Sun
  • Peking Opera
  • Similarity to Tones of Speech
  • Ornamentation
  • The Little Snail
  • Political Indoctrination
  • I Love Beijings Tian An Men
  • Love of Mao, Communism, and Country

4
Vocal Music
  • I love the Gate of Heavenly peace in Beijing. The
    sun rises above.
  • Great Chairman Mao leads us on the march forward.

5
Tiananmen Square
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U.S. Comparison
  • This Land is Your Land (Woody Guthrie from Hymn
    Tune When the Worlds on Fire)
  • Written during Great Depression
  • Considered by most a patriotic song
  • Several verses have been censored

7
Selected Chinese Instruments
  • Suona (Like an Oboe, Double Reed)
  • Hulusi (Woodwind with Gourd Resonator)
  • Sheng (Multi-Reed, ancient design)
  • Bawu (Flute-like, but with double reed--see
    photo)
  • Dizi (Chinese Flute)
  • Pipa (Four-String, lute shaped) HHPA
  • Guzheng (21-string Pentatonic Harp) HHPA
  • Erhu (Two String Fiddle)
  • Ying Melody MP3 file
  • Tibetan Singing Bowl (Buddhist Monastery)

8
Meng Lei playing Bawu
9
Buddhist Monk Blessing Babies
10
The Erhu Teacher Guangzhou
11
Local Band Guangzhou
12
Sun Li and Meng Lei
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Assignment 5
  • Using the example of a Harvard outline found on
    the course website and in your syllabus, write
    and submit an outline of your final project. Be
    sure to include at least two points per topic,
    and at least three levels of detail.
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