Xin Tian You: Music Characteristic and Transmission in The Northern Shaanxi

Abstract

This research adopts qualitative and interview methods with the objective were to: 1) To investigate the history and development of northern shaanxi folk song "XinTianYou". 2) To analyze the music charactistics of song selected of the northern shaanxi folk song"XinTianYou". 3) To propose guideline for the transmission and preservation of northern shaanxi folk song "XinTianYou". The data were mainly collected from fieldwork with the key informants and presented in the descriptive analysis format.

The results are as follows: 1) Can clearly understand the history of Northern Shaanxi Folk Song "Xintianyou" from the 1920s to the 1980s and the development of Northern Shaanxi Folk Song "Xintianyou" from the late 1980s to present. 2) Can clearly understand the musical Characteristics of "Xintianyou" including Lyrics, melody, singing skills, performance forms and composing techniques are studied. 3) Can get some ideas about the preservation of northern shaanxi folk song "XinTianYou". Including the musical texts of “Xintianyou”, including music scores and video materials, including transmitters, dialects and living customs, etc.

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