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- Title
Teaching Chinese Folk Songs with an Authentic Approach.
- Authors
Lau, Wai-Tong
- Abstract
The article focuses on the cultural aspects and musical nature of Chinese folk songs for music educators in the U.S. who want to teach them to their students with the similar fervor. Chinese folk songs are usually grouped into three major categories including the work song, the mountain song, and the little tune. Another important feature of the Chinese folk song melody is the three-tone pattern. While Western music is usually written in one of two diatonic modes, Chinese folk songs are commonly written in one of five pentatonic modes. Chinese people have sung work songs to coordinate physical activity and to unify the rhythmic action in performing a task. Singing these songs keep their spirits up while performing tasks such as building, planting crops, fishing, and sailing.
- Publication
Music Educators Journal, 2007, Vol 94, Issue 2, p22
- ISSN
0027-4321
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1177/002743210709400206