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Music of China

Music of China. With the Dragon Dance. What year is it anyway?. Chinese New Year: January 23, 2012 Chinese Year 4709 Year of the Dragon Next year: February 10 Year of the Snake. What year were you born?. Year of the Dragon: 2000, 2012 Year of the Rabbit: 1999, , 2011

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Music of China

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  1. Music of China With the Dragon Dance

  2. What year is it anyway? • Chinese New Year: January 23, 2012 • Chinese Year 4709 • Year of the Dragon • Next year: February 10 • Year of the Snake

  3. What year were you born? • Year of the Dragon: 2000, 2012 • Year of the Rabbit: 1999, , 2011 • Year of the Tiger: 1998, 2010 • Year of the Ox: 1997, 2009 • Year of the Rat: 1996, 2008 • Year of the Pig: 1995, 2007 • Year of the Dog: 1994, 2006 • Year of the Rooster: 1993, 2005 • Year of the Monkey: 1992, 2004 • Year of the Sheep: 1991, 2003 • Year of the Horse: 1990, 2002 • Year of the Snake: 1989, 2001

  4. Personality Traits • Rat: Charisma, Manipulative • Ox: Dependable, Stubborn • Tiger: Powerful, Reckless • Rabbit: Kind, Superficial • Dragon: Noble, Arrogant • Snake: Wise, Loner • Horse: Cheerful, Fickle • Sheep: Sympathetic, Worrier • Monkey: Smart, Selfish • Rooster: Meticulous, Proud • Dog: Honest, Lazy • Pig: Patient, Naïve

  5. Origins of Music • Chinese music dates back nearly 7000 years • Ling Lun is the mythical creator of music • Made pipes to sound like birds • In 221-207 BC, the Imperial Music Bureau was founded to dictate what music would be officially recognized • Oldest know music is the Youlan, or Solitary Orchid • Music was seen as important to the Chinese state and most emperors took music very seriously

  6. Youlan

  7. Musical Characteristics • Pentatonic Scale- 5 notes • Heterophonic- Musicisans play variations of the same musical line • Melodic rather than harmonic • Poetic and expresses feelings and emotions • Silences are important and change the meaning • Solos or small ensembles of plucked and bowed stringed instruments, flutes, and various cymbals, gongs, and drums

  8. Plucked String Instruments • Lutes • Pipa • Ruan (Chinese Guitar) • Yueqin (Opera) • Zithers • Guqin • Zheng • Harps • Konghou

  9. Guqin Master

  10. Bowed Strings • Erhu (Chinese Violin) • Sihu (Opera) • Zhong-Hu (Chinese Viola) • Yangquin (Chinese Dulcimer)

  11. Pipa and Erhu

  12. Woodwinds • Dizi (Bamboo Flute) • Guan (Oboe) • Bawu • Mabu

  13. Story of the Bawu

  14. Percussion • Muyu (Wood) • Bianqing (Stone tablets) • Bianzhong (Bells) • Bo (Cymbals) • Luo (Gong) • Dagu (Hide Drum) • BolangGu (Small Drum)

  15. Percussion Ensemble

  16. Vocal Music • Thin voiced • Resonant • Almost Falsetto-like • Usually solo, not choral • Mo Li Hua is a popular song for voice

  17. Mo Li Hua: The Jasmine Flower

  18. Other Influences • Other Asian Countries • Most recently Western Countries • 1601: Matteo Ricci is the first European with a musical instrument to reach China • It was a harpsichord • Western-style brass bands

  19. The Dragon Dance • Many Chinese refer to themselves as “Descendants of the Dragon” • Used in celebrations such as New Years • Brings good luck as a symbol of power and dignity • Similar to the “Lion Dances” • Dancers carry a Dragon on poles and mimic the motions of the dragon • The longer the Dragon, the more power and good fortune

  20. A Dragon Dance

  21. A Dragon Dance Song

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