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A Case of Ulaanbaatar's Night Master Thesis Magistro Darbas VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY THE MUSIC ACADEMY Instrumental Music Department YUNLONG BAI Becoming popular: a case of Ulaanbaatar's night Master thesis Tapimas populiariu: Ulan Batoro nakties atvejis Magistro darbas Title of the study programme: Performing arts (6211PX027) Field of studies: MUSIC (C001) Advisor: Dr. Gintare Vaitonyte Kaunas, 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS SANTRAUKA . .. ... 3 SUMMARY . .. .. .4 INTRODUCTION . .. .. .5 Ⅰ CHINESE POP MUSIC...............................................................................................................7 1.1. History and influence……………………………….....................................................…......8 1.2 Chinese pop music Transformation………………………………………….........................14 1.3 Popular Music Ulan Bator's Night Appreciation………………………………….....……....18 Ⅱ ELEMENTS OF POPULAR SONG........................................................................................22 2.1.Part methodolog………………………………………………………………………...........23 2.2 Research method………………………………………………………………………......…25 RECOMMENDATIONS...............................................................................................................34 CONCLUSIONS...........................................................................................................................35 REFERENCES . ….. ..36 APPENDICES . 38 2 SANTRAUKA Yunlong Bai. Tapimas populiarus: Ulaan baataro nakties atvejis / Tapimas populiarriu: Ulan Batoro nakties atvejis. Baigiamasis magistro darbas. Vadovas dr. Gintarė Vaitonytė. Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas, 2020 m. Raktažodžiai: Kinijos populiari muzika, populiariosios muzikos elementai. Tyrimo aktualumas: Populiariosios muzikos raidos tendencija įvairiose Kinijos šalyse, grojimo būdai ir kinų popmuzikų pokyčiai Tyrimo problema: kinų populiari muzika yra ne kas kita, kaip perdarytos ir pakartotinai sugiedotos kinų liaudies dainos, tačiau liaudies dainos tampa populiarios tik pridedant keletą naujų elementų. Tyrimo klausimai: lKokios dainos yra populiarios Kinijoje? lKuo liaudies dainos populiarėja? lKuri elementai yra pagrindiniai dainos populiarumui? Tyrimo tikslas: atskleisti elementus, kodėl liaudies daina tapo tokia populiari Kinijoje. Tyrimo tikslai: lIšanalizuoti, kokios dainos yra populiarios Kinijoje 2020 m. Apibūdinti, kaip liaudies dainos tampa populiarios. lSužinokite, kurie elementai gali padaryti liaudies dainą populiariu. Tyrimo metodai: IteLiteratūros analizė Tyrimo analizė. Tyrimo išvados: Yra keli svarbūs kinų popmuzikos, liaudies muzikos, pop, roko, repo ir dramos tipai. Yra dvi liaudies muzikos rūšys. Senoji liaudies muzika turi ilgą istoriją, yra ir nauja liaudies muzika. Tai šiuolaikinės popmuzikos elementas, papildantis liaudies muziką, tokią kaip „Ulaanbaatar night“. Pagrindiniai kinų popmuzikos elementai yra pop elementai, klasikiniai elementai, dramos elementai ir etniniai elementai. 3 SUMMARY Yunlong Bai. Becoming popular: a Case of Ulaan baatar's night / Tapimas populiariu: Ulan Batoro nakties atvejis. Master thesis. Supervisor dr. Gintare Vaitonytė. Vytautas Magnus University, 2020. Key words: China popular music, elements of popular music. Relevance of the research: The development trend of popular music in various countries in China, the playing methods and changes of Chinese pop musicians The problem of the research: Chinese ’s popular music is nothing more than re-arranged and re-sung chinese’ s folk songs, but folk songs becames popular only when some new elements are added. The research questions: What types songs are popular in China? How folk songs become popular? Which elements are the basic to do the song popular? The aim of the research: to uncover the elements, why the folk song became so popular in China. The objectives of the research: To analyse, what types of songs are popular in China in 2020. To describe, how folk songs become popular. To find out, which elements can make the folk song popular . The methods of the research: Literature analysis Survey analysis. Findings of the research: There are several important types of Chinese pop music, folk music, pop, rock, rap, and drama. There are two kinds of folk music. The old folk music has a long history, and there is a new folk music. It is an element of modern pop music that adds folk music, such as Ulaanbaatar night. The main elements of Chinese pop music are pop elements, classical elements, drama elements, and ethnic elements. 4 INTRODUCTION Popular music originated in Europe, including all kinds of folk music, and its development style is not limited. It is constantly changing with the development of society. In the 19th century, with the rise of industrial civilization in European and American countries, a large number of agricultural populations entered cities, forming early industrial workers, and the urban population structure changed. The emerging cultural form that emerged among the working class and the middle and lower classes is early pop music. At that time, the musical themes reflecting nostalgia for hometown and nostalgia for rural life just expressed the state of mind and simple thoughts and feelings of those who lived away from home and loved ones and came to strange environments to survive. Early pop music came from black music. They strengthened their communication with white people by oral instruction and gradually formed a unique form of music, that is, popular music at that time. Popular music was developed in urban civilization. Compared with Western pop music, the history of Chinese pop music culture is relatively short. The origin and spread of Chinese pop music can be traced back to the 1920s. Western pop music gradually introduced to China and it began to affect people. A large number of outstanding music creators began to create popular music. The first stage of Chinese pop music must mention a leader of Chinese pop music-Li Jinhui. His "Drizzle" is China's first pop songwriting work. In the 1930s, China was in a political environment of internal and external problems. At that time, most of the music subjects were powerful songs full of revolutionary and rebellious content. Due to its thin, soft and lyrical characteristics, pop music could not meet the needs of the social environment at the time, and could not meet the needs of the people's resistance to the Japanese War and the revolution, making it almost impossible to develop in this period. After the liberation, due to the influence of the political economy and social environment at that time, the development of popular music in China was not smooth, and was even dismissed as "Very Popular". In particular, the "cultural revolution" for ten years imprisoned and restrained culture, making pop music disappear in mainland China for nearly 30 years. It was not until the reform and opening up that pop music began to rise gradually in mainland China. Due to the globalization of the economy and the spread of world music, the road to development of Chinese pop music is not smooth sailing. There are problems and bumps in the world, and even the scenes of the Chinese music market are mixed. The collection of relevant materials for the development of Chinese popular music, and also summarized several characteristics and problems for the development of popular music and future development trends. China's popular music has developed to this day, and the road to development has not been 5 smooth. The quality of professional pop music needs to be improved. Among them, "amateur" pop music also has many problems, so the long-term development of Chinese pop music is inseparable from the inheritance of Chinese traditional culture. We should hold a learning attitude towards Western pop music, and should not copy it. Adhere to an independent and independent character, professional pop music should strengthen the dialogue with "amateur" popular music, find their own shortcomings and problems in the process of dialogue, and thus learn from each other's strengths. Therefore, in the future development of Chinese popular music, we must find out more problems and actively deal with the problem. Chinese pop music is more vital to life and has a foothold in the international arena. Pop music is a type of music for profit, and it is quickly loved by Westerners because of its rich form and diverse style. Since the reform and opening up, because of the influence of European and American cultures, there are more and more pop music creators in China, but there are many "spoken songs". Therefore, China's popular music must begin to develop localized, which requires learning from the traditional Chinese folk music to make China's popular music more aesthetic. In this combination practice, we not only saw a lot of excellent works, but also saw the new direction of the development of popular music in the future. The diversification of the way music is played is based on the use of existing musical instruments. If piano music, violin music, accordion music, guitar, electronic synthesis music, etc., on the basis of traditional music, add modern elements to form a new performance. In this way, the way of playing can not only reflect our traditional cultural heritage, but also meet the public's aesthetic standards. The problem of the research: Chinese ’s popular music is nothing more than re-arranged and re-sung chinese’ s folk songs, but folk songs becames popular only when some new elements are added. The research questions: What types songs are popular in China? How folk songs become popular? Which elements are the basic to
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