The Link between American and Chinese Folk Music


World music is remarkable because two distinct musical cultures can develop in complete isolation from one and other and still share identical features. These musical links provide insight into the web of patterns and connections that comprise world music. In this investigation, the musical cultures of American Appalachian folk music and traditional Chinese folk music will be compared and their links will be extracted. The defining links between these cultural styles are a basis in the major pentatonic scale, conjunct melodies, and repetitive form.

Sunday, March 22, 2015

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