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Music tells us something about a culture. What does the music of your country % F2 _0 v8 C, y$ G0 D* A
reveal about the culture of your country? Use reasons and specific examples . o* o8 d: M7 U$ }6 B+ Z; j
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6 s! B; j& \- a% G8 W IIn order to answer the question, "what does the music of your country reveal 0 _5 g" h$ s: z+ Q9 M5 w) I3 c
about the culture of your country?" I would like to introduce myself. I
- N0 l$ o; M! H% |, I# ?am from Spain, I was born in a region called Catalonia, concretely in a
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In my opinion, the music tells us a lot of a culture, and someone could 0 x R4 i5 S5 u, d. U$ X
learn a lot from the spanish culture just listening to music in her room.
+ ~ p+ K2 f' D& J4 L6 F4 i0 }9 wBut it is not easy to collect a representative sample of the spanish music,
4 i# Y h) M& Lbecause of the enormous variety, every region of Spain has its own music, 6 {. C5 O7 ]! v8 J) ~* M
that sounds completely different from the rest, and even for some regions
z, Z# a$ _ e' b+ n3 `2 A0 d( rthere are more than one type of tipical music. This variety is very important 6 D/ _' O$ |2 H
because shows that Spain is a counry of countries, each one with a particular . E5 @: m0 H/ _$ U) x
personality.
& m& c$ x* }( b& hIt is very interesting to discover the different personality of the spanish 1 F$ f( K9 M' a6 ~1 M
regions, just listening how their music sounds like. For example, in the
- J+ _# }$ z" I2 M# W. }south of Spain people are known for being very funny and for their good 4 s4 |, a/ s5 O" w& t8 v
sense of humor. In this part of Spain you can find mainly two kinds of music: / w8 h! I, |) G' J9 f, p
the Flamenco and the Sevillanas. Sevillas have completly the personality U( f# D' g$ o: O: ] ^
of andalusian people, it is very cheerful. However, Flamenco sounds sad
) k P2 V4 L6 c2 d/ D" |and deep. The reason is that although andalusian people have a good mood, ! `0 x# G; H% c
they live in one of the poorest part of Spain, and they express their pain 9 b; V+ n% ?0 w. Y0 _9 f
through the flamenco music.
/ E! R, T6 e/ ~- Y3 _* c0 A8 \Finally, I would like to say that I personally agree with the statement
! P0 E% ^6 V* i# B+ w9 C; t! ]that music tells us something about a culture, and with my example example
+ s+ T$ v2 ^3 [% {! _; d7 aI wanted to illustrate, how much of the culture of a country it is possible
1 b% H/ p* [& ]to learn just listening to its music.
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* p/ u- `+ k o' ]7 j) P2 P% A% p: q Music is wide considered the universal language and a component of culture.
5 c% i* ]. w$ DMusic also tells a tale which reveals the origins of a country's culture
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In Singapore, our music is diverse and blended. By listening to our
" h, C8 t/ E+ e2 t0 ~music, one will note that it has its roots in many cultures. This is due # j/ Q8 Y; F, T& w
to the fact that Singapore is a multiracial country and as such, the identity
, e5 a) g. G, I: t( _7 H+ Yof Singaporean culture is a melting pot of different races.
- r# f% L, _+ B; K The use of music in Singapore's society also allows one to have a better
# f3 W, P# k2 f/ Runderstanding of our culture. Music is used for many different aspects of
4 ^3 Q, M: B# Pour lives. Weddings, funerals, holidays, all call for different types of 2 P7 P4 x; _, h
music. The tone of the music also changes accordingly. Special attention + k$ ~1 k, e) k; ~' N5 ^
must be paid to the different races' use of music, too, as the music used 7 s+ n( u I; S2 d; d: G
for similar occassions sometimes differs greatly. For example, a Chinese 7 Q6 o" h$ x1 \2 o/ L4 S* u! O
funeral uses lively music and in many ways resembles a festive event whereas : ^- X j1 c$ D" W; x
a Malay funeral would tend to be more sombre. Through these observations
4 T# V7 Y5 y o1 \7 Z' N8 uone can generally understand that while Singapore is one country, its makeup
: G- M ^* E/ |' c( w4 \/ ]1 Q8 N: |is not homogenous.
- ^% ~! l5 f* {4 }. b0 @: ^ The instruments used to produce music are an example of such a diversity.
; z0 c9 J% n6 ^. J We have gongs from China, reed instruments from Malaysia, and stringed ?* d/ _, ] l
instruments from India. As such, Singapore's cultural identity is seen as
. C' A: a$ D& O, p: h$ Y9 t8 E- l9 n/ ?a blend of many cultures. It draws its identity from the different parts + C5 J- L( s+ Y' r& c K
of the whole which make up Singapore's population.# y; P% G2 V& c) `' [$ e
A close look at Singapore's music also reveals that it is also influenced
" i5 }3 T! g; B2 ~5 }by foreigners. Western civilization has made a great impact globally and
+ `+ x1 r9 [6 H- i. zthe results can be seen in music, too. The younger generation is the main
8 e- f0 O9 U5 Lrecipient of this influence and the music it listens to is an example of
) M# p: B; W: ethat fact. This influence in the tastes and preference of music is a reflection 1 V4 v. t% f9 C' i" O6 |' \; X
of Singapore's present-day culture.! c% x" Q1 B. @5 e* t
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+ t; N1 ~ z( T* P* d It is true that music tell us something about culture. In many countries 0 ^8 [3 Z) l0 @8 F0 P8 y/ g
the music is almost the same, that because of relationship and how close ' f& l" N8 `/ J+ t" Z8 H
those countries are.
& J B" T7 D" I! i5 ] Traditional music, is the background of a nation. In my country, Greece,
8 X* `2 N$ k7 C. ?$ k) D$ k: Q+ ptraditional music express the feelings about nature, war, sea and it combines . L+ m; E2 G0 m7 m- |' w6 l( j+ o
music with storytelling.
* _0 H; b% E. r7 P, C Y! T5 E5 o First, the musical instruments gave you a impression of culture, ours - N" V% i1 X( j, t- H. w
are made from natural materials, such as wood, animal skin, stones. This
! P, r6 j9 ]/ |. X0 T; D7 \kind of instruments gives you the first idea about the culture.
$ Q2 r @9 w5 X' ? Second, the music is like a part of nature in my culture, you can hear
- v3 l- z/ }4 psome kinds of animals in my county's music because the players are trying 4 ~1 o9 G* L7 {5 K. j5 n( F% g
to imitate in some ways the birds, or the mamals, like the wolf or the bear.
( U3 }+ G) o+ V9 e Third, thetrditional music changes from area to area. The peoples that
) A' ?; a$ q* e8 _5 Hleaves in southern areas plays diferent kind of music than the people of 2 R$ r7 b; L: c+ X# p" \
a northen area, that because of the climate and the way of life.+ Y" E# j! W- p& F. ^, N: A& d
So, in some way, you can find clues about someones cultre from his country
) a4 H x" ~2 J5 K2 e4 E8 rmusic. Because, in my opinion, the music represents a whole nation and the 3 b2 e9 O6 N# A# I9 f }
feelings of the people.' j8 f: z% Z% O( H" }
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5 [9 b4 V: y8 O4 tMost people enjoy listening to pop music in Japan. Japanese pops are storongiy
8 o; ]7 ?' ]) A% S. linfluenced by American pops. We have some traditional music , but most
' C1 q! k3 L; F4 Dof the people , especially young people ,don't have much interest about 0 N1 T: [1 y" c! S. _
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This tendency is becoming bigger as massmedia is becoming bigger. * w! \# S2 P/ G" N
We can listen various countries' music everyday. For example, when we turn
1 V$ S! q/ v! m3 Lon the TV, we can listen and see MTV anytime. So foreign music become
; @% @: M1 Q/ }; Gvery familiar , a lot of Japanese song have English in their word.6 [: w9 z5 W y6 S5 ~4 G
These facts are taking bad influence about Japanese music instruments.
# s) J) c8 j1 P4 q; [/ H There are few demand of these, and our cultural asset will dissapear.
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My country is a multi-cultures country. So that why, i listen to all sorts " B6 q; }4 G9 J
of music. But i am a chinese , so i intend to listen more chinese music.
0 W0 x) U7 p) x; W8 O# s: ?9 h Music of chinese, malay, indian and english in Singapore can be heard
4 l% t Y3 k0 A6 ~, j. v; |over the radio any time of the day. Different performs of races can be seen 3 t( D# s4 o) d g; o
all round the year. We celebrate each other New Year Day.- U1 G* j) i3 z3 T
Another reason is people from all around the world would like to visit ; d7 m' {& U' t, X7 |
Singapore cos of the multi-cultures in my country. And all races of people
8 q$ n& m% q+ e0 [- fcan been seen happily together.In the national day of singapore, english / ~( [+ q! B7 q) a
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Music always reveal the differentiality culture of each country. Every country * F1 A. u3 \/ v' y' p! g
has its own culture, music helps to reveal their own culture. Our countri's
- i7 ]5 G. }; z1 B9 b9 }: ]" Amusic is so different that all most of the country's man can tell this
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