Blog 7 Palma
An ancient form of music, known as Kulintang, has been played for centuries throughout the Philippines. It first began as a signaling tradition, and is associated with other countries in Southeast Asia. There are different ways of playing Kulintang, depending on the region and group that is playing. Gong chimes are its main instrument, varying […]
Blog 7 Peltonen
My father’s side of the family originally came from Finland. Humppa is a popular form of music listened to in Finland. It is related to jazz, in a musical sense, and foxtrot, which is a type of dance. The term Humppa can describe both a type of music or a type of dance. It is […]
Blog 7 Hong
As a person with Taiwanese ancestry, one of the genres that I researched that is associated with Taiwan is the style of nanguan music. While the genre did originate in China, immigrants brought the genre to Taiwan where it is now very popular. The instruments generally used are three different types of lutes called pipa, […]
Prompt for Blog 7
Our theme this week was “Music and Ethnicity,” where ethnicity was defined as “a group of people bound by shared culture, including social customs, values and beliefs, and perhaps common language, religion, and ancestry.” Considering your own background, do a little research and tell us about a genre of music associated with your ethnicity. (Remember […]
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