The Development Of Chinese Popular Music And The Legend Pop Star Jay Chou

In the history of American music industry, the impact of Wu-Tang Clan debut album was highly impressive. Moreover, the strategy that the Wu-Tang Clan along with the most popular and also

This was about 35,000 years ago. Previous hominins were musically unintelligible. The modern-day composers, musicians, and singers with tubas, bagpipes, and xylophones have evolved from these Neanderthals with the instruments of body parts.

music. They felt that the 'Westernization of their music' would make it more modern. With the rise of popular music came a means of identification, and with that, regulations to control its effect on society as a whole. And finally, the blurring of boundaries between China and the rest of the world show the ever-changing nature of the music in China. Throughout China's modernization, as the country opened up to the West, the Chinese music scene slowly changed in terms of style, production,

The following are the Chinese dynasties in order from oldest to most recent: Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, Song, Jin, Yuan, Ming, and Qing. The legendary dynasty is the Xia, which is believed to be around 2000 BC. The Shang (1700-1000BC) developed the first written Chinese language. The Zhou (1028-221BC) built the first roads, expanded trade contacts and trade routes, and also developed plows and irrigation systems. Trade at this time was expanding in China. The Qin Dynasty (221-207BC) built the famous Great Wall of China as a defense mechanism and also united all of China under one central government. Next is the Han Dynasty (207BC-AD220), which did a lot for China in terms of trading. They developed the Great Silk Road, a trading route that stretched from China all the way to the Mediterranean Sea. The Sui Dynasty (589-618) united almost all of China. Followed in suit by the Tang Dynasty (618-917) discovered one of Chinas' leading exports, porcelain. During the Tang Dynasty, the first block-style printing press was invented. The Song Dynasty (960-1279) came next, which took over all of China and later took the southern rule after being conquered by the Jin. The Song Dynasty is responsible for developing Chinese cuisine as we know it today. During this time period the compass and gunpowder were also discovered. The Jin Dynasty (1127-1234) took rule over Northern China from the Song. The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) brought a long period of peace to

American Music is a melting pot of different cultures, emotions, experiences, and therefore genres. It is incredible to see how as music evolves and changes with the time, so does The United States. We are a mixed bag as a country, accepting all different cultures and backgrounds. This has led to many breakthroughs and innovations in music throughout history. We are all influenced by our experiences in life and this is no different in the evolution of music in American History. The Blues was created from African American Slave songs, with lyrics that narrate the hardships of the human experience at the time. These rhythms and forms carried over and eventually created what is now Rock and Roll. Over the next five weeks, we will explore and discover five key genres and artists who are known to specialize in that genre as a way to reconnect with our history and explore the possibilities for innovation in music in the future.

How did hip hop invade communist China? The invasion began in 1978 when the Chinese government assumed an open door policy. This open door policy has allowed an active presence in the world markets which has involved a rapid increase in foreign trade. In addition to foreign trade, hundreds of foreign companies are conducting business in China. There is a huge student exchange at the university level. China has also markedly aggrandized its tourist industry. Just this past year, I had the opportunity to travel to Shanghai, China with the Stanford Men’s Basketball Team. It was an eye-opener to see the permeation of western culture, particularly hip hop, with in Shanghai. We spent the majority of our time on the popular tourist area known as

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

Music can be found everywhere in our world and has many different functions. Since music is universal it is important to understand the way describe music using terms such as timbre, pitch, rhythm and dynamics as well as keeping in mind the social, cultural and political roles that music falls into. The song “Beijing Welcomes You” is a chinese song composed by Ke Zhaolei for the 2008 Beijing olympics and features many different artists from Asia. This recorded piece of music is a representation of modern day chinese music as well as the incorporation of the Beijing culture.

From the beginning of time humans have created music with their voices and have used technology to create instruments and different sounds to create music. Everything comes from something, all music is inspired by something. This is seen through the similarities between modern and ancient music. The musicians Lido and Giovanni Gabrieli share many musical elements.

For Mo Tzu, his main argument is not, in fact, against the “Music” we would consider today. Mo Tzu is not against the harmonies people sing; in fact, Mo Tzu would be totally in favor for the songs farmers sing while working and plowing the fields, and he is not against the music of the weaving girls singing their work songs. Due to the expensive and specific nature of the Music Mo Tzu is critiquing, it is easy to think that he is against music altogether as a form of personal expression. However, the modern reader must remember that Music was never a personal form of expression in the earliest Chinese dynasties. Since Music was often a complicated and ritualistic affair, often the music that was played was not as important as the pomp and ceremony

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.

Music dates right back to the prehistoric eras where primitive instruments were constructed using items like bone and wood. These primitive musicians would not have known many of the modern terms such as octaves

Early theatre in china can be lined back to the Shang dynasty (1766 - 1066 B.C.) Records to this dynasty showed men performing hunting rituals where they took on the role of an animal and danced while imitating that animal. These animal dances can still be seen in China today especially through Martial arts. Other records show China prominent in the Zhou dynasty (c. 1066-221 BC) where “chorus dances” came about. These dances were divided into two groups and performed by both genders. Wu dances were the dances performed by men and the some performed dances called xi dances. Also during the Zhou dynasty their were other less religious performances such as skits, pantomimes, juggling, singing, dancing, sword-swallowing, fire-eating, acrobatics, rope walking, and other exciting forms of entertainment. All these led to the Tang dynasty and a more liberal advance for Chinese theatre.

Chinese music is referred to as the art form of organized vocal and instrumental sounds that have been orchestrated in China. Chinese music is one of the oldest and most highly developed of all known musical systems in the entire world. Different forms of music have been recorded in ancient Chinese documents dating back to the earlier periods of Chinese civilization that have provided evidence of a well-developed and functioning musical culture as early as the Zhou Dynasty. These continued to develop into various forms of music through the dynasties that followed the Zhou Dynasty producing the very rich heritage of music that is present in the Chinese culture today. Chinese music continues to grow and evolve in the modern times, and more newfangled forms have also emerged.

While music has kept a steady definition through time, modern music has been re-invented and re-made to be distant from that of an older age. Music has always been around, just remixed as time goes on. We know that it has been around for a while because geologists have found cave paintings dating back to prehistoric ages where they are depicting people dancing, proving to a presence of some interpretation of music. Music was