The Current State Of The Cambodian Traditional Music Revival And The Large Impact Of Cultural Music Education

In the late 2004, a series of papers (research project) on the topic of world music and globalisation became a hot topic in a conference and gradually took on a life turning onto a virtual laboratory for teaching and research on the relationship between music and globalisation under ethnography which was funded by the Canadian Social Sciences and humanities Research Council from 2003-2006. Since then this topic has got wide meaning and more complicated.

“O.M.G, I love that beat.” The few years I have spent in the United States of Americas, more generally in the western culture, it is very common to hear young people embrace such phrases in appreciating music. In non-western culture, music is always created for very specific purposes and one cannot just ‘love that beat.’ Music is more than just the beat, rhythm and a sing-along melody. In this paper, I will compare the traditional purpose of music and the culture of the drum in Native American and Ugandan tribes. Dr. Peck, in her book, Native American Music, defines culture as “way of life of a people, learned and transmitted from one generation to the next” The similarities in either

Music, “…one of the most widely used and appealing forms of communication…”, is universal and used for different purposes (Root, 2005, p. 7). Among the uses are “…play or entertainment, which humans of all ages engage in to stimulate feelings of joy, tension, and interaction, and enrich their experiences by adding mental complexity, counteracting boredom and lethargy” (Root, 2005, p. 7). In addition, music expresses “…emotions such as love, sentiment, or anger” (Root, 2005, p. 7). Ultimately, it communicates values showing the reality of society and culture. Anyone listening to “a few records [helps] enrich [their] feelings, extend [their] sense of love or despair, and feed [their] fantasies or fire some real relationship” (Cooper & Haverkos,

Literature Review William Kilpatrick states in his 1993 article, Music and Morality, that music can be helpful to humanity. “Education in such cultures is largely a matter of constantly immersing the young into the enchanting patterns of

The possibility of music as a mending impact which could influence wellbeing and conduct is as slightest as old as the works of Aristotle and Plato. The twentieth century discipline started after World War I and World War II when group artists of different kinds, both beginner and expert, went to Veterans doctor's facilities around the nation

Music is a social phenomenon because it helps people to transmit feeling, emotion, and sensation to the public.

Whether it is May 2017 Ariana Grande concert or October 2017 Las Vegas Country Music Concert massacre, among them a common factor is the art of music. People are ignorant that amid war, conflicts, and terror attacks all over the world, the role of art and culture in rebuilding society is very crucial

Transcending individual differences, music in Africa has proved to be more than just a collection of notes and the production of sounds. Throughout this past semester, Professor B drew materials from West, East and South Africa to demonstrate the powerful ability of music to bring and bind people together. Consistently exemplified throughout African history, music has served as the unifying link between generations. In the documentary, Inanga: A Song of Survival in Daughter’s Rwanda, a family’s dedication to the preservation of the inanga instrument is explored against the backdrop of the Rwandan genocide. Deeply embedded in history, tradition and culture, inanga reveals the primary function of music in Africa. Though it is an instrument specific to Rwanda, it shares many similarities to variety of instruments scattered across the continent. This certainly emphasizes the undeniable function of African music in sustaining unique cultural practices.

This paper is a proposal that provides an outline about the interviewee, culture, interest in music, and its meaning. The person to be interviewed is Eunice Liang, a sophomore at Temple University. Eunices’ culture is entirely different that mine which is Chinese. One main example is the way they celebrate the New Year. It is a 15 day festival that is divided into three categories. First category is the ‘preceding days’ where they clean the house and prepare to welcome the New Year. Second category is the ‘Festival time’ and they visit relatives, have dinner together and perform activities. Third category is the ‘Following days’ where they wish their relatives a happy New Year and conduct temple fairs. The beautiful culture of Chinese people

In 1953 Cambodia got its independence from France under King Sihanouk. Cambodia is a country that is enrich in art and culture and most importantly its traditional music. Music holds a symbolic importance in the Cambodian history. Even todays musical industry admires a lot to the Cambodian music. Cambodia music is traditionally derived from Khmer Empire, India and China. Not only Cambodian music but also Cambodian dance also holds great reputation. There are three types of Cambodian dances: Classical, Folk and Social Dance. Classical Dance is performed at large events. They are highly stylized combining: Theater, Ritual, Storytelling and Ceremony. Hand gestures portrays specific meanings. Folk Dance is performed on local level and it has faster tempo as compared to Classical Dance style. Folk dance have various types of dances like Coconut Shell Dance, Trat Dance and the fishing dance. Social dance was performed on social gathering on special occasion. Sabor/Sword dance are all types of social dance.

Music plays a significant rule in our lives. It’s a melody and rhythm we live in. It plays a very essential rule in our day to day to life when it comes to expressing feelings, passing time and for other uses as well. Though we in general may not think about how music has changed so much in the past few decades we must acknowledge the fact todays music is the outcome of the various change in the past. Today’s majority of music we hear is what we define as more as a “westernized” music. Considering other cultures in the world, a huge impact of western music is seen within them. Westernization and modernization are two different words with different meanings and they have two different impacts on a society. Modernization is used to define the improvements and show a progressive transition from one stage to another. Westernization is the concept of being influenced by the customs and techniques of the western society and reflecting them in a non-western culture. This essay will discuss furtherly about the impact of the western society on music cultures of North India and Korea by looking from both the positive and negative point of this impact.

China has long been the cultural hub of Asia, and has had the longest amount of contact of any Asian country with other Western countries. Ever since the Silk Road was established, China has been trading with other Western countries and exchanging aspects of their cultures with one another. One of these aspects is music. But how exactly has Western music influenced Chinese music? In order to understand this, we must look at the history of Western encounters with China in terms of music.

Scholars have attempted to define music, and to be quite honest, it will be a huge challenge to try to weave a definition around the art that is music, because it is beyond definition. However, for the purposes of this work, we shall adopt the definition by Aluede & Eregare (2009), not because the definition is, in itself, complete, but because it captures the very essence of what we look for in the definition of music. Music, according to Aluede & Aregare (2009), is not only an organization of sound but also a symbolic expression of a social and cultural organization, which reflects the values, past and present ways of life of human beings. Also, Jones (1975), cited in Amana and Onogu (2015), defines music as “a language which encodes emotions, aspirations and people’s goals in autonomous and self-expressive arts forms.” These definitions are important in understanding music, because they highlight the fact that music does not only appeal to the feel-good emotion, it is not only used for entertainment; it is a valid form of social expression and this underscores the centrality of music in African socio-cultural life.

As the Khmer Rouge caused disastrous suffering and death within the community of dancers and musicians, they also had an impact on the performance itself. One of these impacts did not lead to a direct change but to consequences that complicate safeguarding. As Banham states, “virtually all documents on performance – libraries and photographs – had been destroyed” by the Khmer Rouge (1995, 152-156).

There are two different, traditional Thai ensembles. Neither type of ensemble has a specific name, however, they can be easily differentiated by the different types of instruments they use. One type of ensemble consists mainly of string and melodic percussion instruments (Morton, 1976). This same ensemble is responsible for providing music for plays and other stage acts.