Innovating Chinese Classical Poetry and Vocal Music Works Towards Modern Singing in Education
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https://doi.org/10.48017/dj.v11iSpecial_1.3654Keywords:
Classical Poetry, Innovation, Vocal Music, Modern SingingAbstract
Innovation in teaching is currently the trend, including music education. This study aimed to seek ways and methods to meet the gaps and innovations to maintain the aesthetic inheritance of ancient Chinese poetry in modern vocal music education. There are 171 respondents. Most of the respondents were 21-23 years old, females and mostly were students. They quickly remembered ancient songs and poems by rhyme. They learned ancient songs and poems through online videos. In addition, they remembered the song “Mighty River.” The respondents learned on their own, and the respondents' frequency of practice was twice a week. Most of them use phonology and Rhyme, learned most when there were mental connotations in the poems and songs. The difficulty in learning ancient poems and songs was understanding the cultural meaning. In terms of poetry and background difficulty, the mood of the poets garnered the most difficulty among the questions. In the new teaching method, respondents claimed that the use of repetition was highly effective, and the explanation of cultural connotations was also favored as highly effective. In music innovations, using exquisite customs and music technology were the respondents' choices. There is no significant difference in teaching methods as findings of profile (age, sex, educational background, ways to learn ancient pent and songs, and frequency of practice.) when grouped. Furthermore, the result of the study will be the basis for improving and enhancing the current music curriculum course. The study, however, is limited to suggesting new teaching methods and does not imply deletions of any existing music teaching methods.
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