MUS 2420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Overseas Vietnamese, Buddhist Chant, Dwang
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Involves a break from the homeland: including friends and family, work, social groups, religious organizations. In forced migrations, resettling can occur in unfamiliar or undesired places. Da vu (night dance)- traditional vietnamese music on traditional instruments. Vietnamese performing vietnamese chamber music in homes and events. It is videotaped and distributed to other vietnamese communities. These events help keep vietnamese culture strong and their traditions alive in the new setting. A thousand miles from home (ca hue, vietnamese chamber music) 1995. Form: a section in free rhythm, followed by a section in fixed rhythm. Tempo: 1st section in free rhythm, 2nd in moderately slow 8-beat pattern. Use of vibrato along with sliding between pitches in both string instruments and voice. Term phach can describe the period of 1 beat, the bamboo block that marks the beat or tempo. Use of a pentatonic mode with 3 main pitches, ho, xong, xe, ornamented throughout the piece.
