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China has a long musical tradition
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You’re looking to understand some key concepts
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Your risk feeling overwhelmed if you do not
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You want your understanding to improve
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Focus on China’s politics, instruments, and cultural diversity
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A Billion and a Quarter People,
Includes 56 Recognized Minorities
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Beijing
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Jingju means the “capitol theater”
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Peking Opera is the main type of Chinese popular musical theater
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The Qin and Its Music
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The Qin is a Chinese zither
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To which Western musical instrument would you compare
qin practice, and why?
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The Pipa and Its Music
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The Pipa is a four-stringed lute
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What are some comparisons in the
Western music repertoire to
programmatic pipa music?
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The erhu is a stringed instrument
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Wind and String Ensembles in
Shanghai
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Jiangnan sizhu is a type of Chinese chamber ensemble
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What could be a Western equivalent to Jiangnan sizhu?
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Jingju Theater is Capital Theater
or Peking Opera in
the West
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Jingju theater includes arias, recitative-like short phrases, and heightened speech
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Jingju instrumental music serves many functions
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Wenchang literally means “civic instrumentation”
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Wuchang are percussion
instruments played to provide rhythmical
punctuation
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In what ways can we compare jingju to Western opera or a
Broadway musical?
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The Value and Functions of Music
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The Value and Functions of Music
are ancient and complex
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Shi yin is proper sound
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Chi yue equates to extravagant music
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Is music used for propaganda in Canada?
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Before 1949, professional musicians had low social status
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New Musical
Directions in the 20th
Century
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There are four key people who shaped
music culture in 20th Century China
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They are: Kang YouweiXiao Youmei
Zhao Yuanren and Jiang Qing
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• Why did the Communists during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) utilize Western musical practices such as orchestration, harmony, ballet, and scenic design, in spite of being anti-Western?
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The Rise of Popular Music
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Shanghai popular song of the 1920s used jazz and western orchestration
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Cantonese popular song is inspired by White rock of the 1950s
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Xibeifeng means literally “northwestern wind”
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Let’s not forget Cui Jian and Zhong Jinshu
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How could we say that minority music affected mainstream music in our country the way it did in
China?
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Mongolian Music
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Mongolian music has some unique instruments and singing styles
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Key Concepts for the Unit
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The Written Language is Important to
Chinese Music
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China has Highly Specific Musical
Systems with Codification at Many Levels
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Music and Politics Have Long Been Interconnected
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Summary