Field Investigation on Eight Tones in Matang Village, Renhua County

Keywords

the Eight-tone Band; pattern of manifestation; music characteristics; status quo of inheritance

Abstract

The Eight-tone Band (also called Matang Drum Band) of Matang village, Renhua county in Shaoguan city, Guangdong province is an active local eight-tone club. It has been providing the villagers with performance for happy occasions and funeral affairs since the 60s except during the Cultural Revolution. Their music can be divided to music for happy occasions and for funeral affairs, the former being joyous and cheerful and the latter sad and low-pitched. But with the development of the society, the Eight-tone Band is also changing.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Qunying Wang
AU  - Xiaoyan Chen
PY  - 2019/08
DA  - 2019/08
TI  - Field Investigation on Eight Tones in Matang Village, Renhua County
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Arts, Design and Contemporary Education (ICADCE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 97
EP  - 100
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/125916061
ID  - Wang2019/08
ER  -