MUS 2382 Lecture 5: East Asia - China, Mongolia, Japan, Tibet

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Music
• Course: MUS 2382
• Professor: Genevieve Boucher

Document Summary

Mus2382 - lecture 5: east asia - china, mongolia, japan, tibet. Signi cant in korea, mongolia, and japan and south east asia (vietnam and. Han dynasty gives it"s name to 90% of the population. Mongol period of 13th and 14th dynasty. Mongolia very much in uenced by soviet union and still in uenced by communist china. Kept separate from modern culture and music. Original style of performance is valued and largely unaffected by outside in uence. Each symbol has meaning instead of a sound. Confucianism > emphasizes behaviours related to human interaction. Taoism > focuses on human interaction with nature. Buddhism > how to achieve enlightenment, relationship between human and spirit. Taiwan became refuge for those who opposed communist takeover. 7 string fretless zither (chordophone), bridgeless, strings tied to peg underneath bridge and stretch across top of instrument. Used to capture images of nature and ideas. Stone, metal, gourds skin, wood, clay, silk, bamboo.