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Music tells us something about a culture. What does the music of your country
reveal about the culture of your country? Use reasons and specific examples
to support your answer.
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In order to answer the question, "what does the music of your country reveal
about the culture of your country?" I would like to introduce myself. I
am from Spain, I was born in a region called Catalonia, concretely in a
town near Barcelona.
In my opinion, the music tells us a lot of a culture, and someone could
learn a lot from the spanish culture just listening to music in her room.
But it is not easy to collect a representative sample of the spanish music,
because of the enormous variety, every region of Spain has its own music,
that sounds completely different from the rest, and even for some regions
there are more than one type of tipical music. This variety is very important
because shows that Spain is a counry of countries, each one with a particular
personality.
It is very interesting to discover the different personality of the spanish
regions, just listening how their music sounds like. For example, in the
south of Spain people are known for being very funny and for their good
sense of humor. In this part of Spain you can find mainly two kinds of music:
the Flamenco and the Sevillanas. Sevillas have completly the personality
of andalusian people, it is very cheerful. However, Flamenco sounds sad
and deep. The reason is that although andalusian people have a good mood,
they live in one of the poorest part of Spain, and they express their pain
through the flamenco music.
Finally, I would like to say that I personally agree with the statement
that music tells us something about a culture, and with my example example
I wanted to illustrate, how much of the culture of a country it is possible
to learn just listening to its music.
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Music is wide considered the universal language and a component of culture.
Music also tells a tale which reveals the origins of a country's culture
and the influences in the culture's development.
In Singapore, our music is diverse and blended. By listening to our
music, one will note that it has its roots in many cultures. This is due
to the fact that Singapore is a multiracial country and as such, the identity
of Singaporean culture is a melting pot of different races.
The use of music in Singapore's society also allows one to have a better
understanding of our culture. Music is used for many different aspects of
our lives. Weddings, funerals, holidays, all call for different types of
music. The tone of the music also changes accordingly. Special attention
must be paid to the different races' use of music, too, as the music used
for similar occassions sometimes differs greatly. For example, a Chinese
funeral uses lively music and in many ways resembles a festive event whereas
a Malay funeral would tend to be more sombre. Through these observations
one can generally understand that while Singapore is one country, its makeup
is not homogenous.
The instruments used to produce music are an example of such a diversity.
We have gongs from China, reed instruments from Malaysia, and stringed
instruments from India. As such, Singapore's cultural identity is seen as
a blend of many cultures. It draws its identity from the different parts
of the whole which make up Singapore's population.
A close look at Singapore's music also reveals that it is also influenced
by foreigners. Western civilization has made a great impact globally and
the results can be seen in music, too. The younger generation is the main
recipient of this influence and the music it listens to is an example of
that fact. This influence in the tastes and preference of music is a reflection
of Singapore's present-day culture.
4
It is true that music tell us something about culture. In many countries
the music is almost the same, that because of relationship and how close
those countries are.
Traditional music, is the background of a nation. In my country, Greece,
traditional music express the feelings about nature, war, sea and it combines
music with storytelling.
First, the musical instruments gave you a impression of culture, ours
are made from natural materials, such as wood, animal skin, stones. This
kind of instruments gives you the first idea about the culture.
Second, the music is like a part of nature in my culture, you can hear
some kinds of animals in my county's music because the players are trying
to imitate in some ways the birds, or the mamals, like the wolf or the bear.
Third, thetrditional music changes from area to area. The peoples that
leaves in southern areas plays diferent kind of music than the people of
a northen area, that because of the climate and the way of life.
So, in some way, you can find clues about someones cultre from his country
music. Because, in my opinion, the music represents a whole nation and the
feelings of the people.
3
Most people enjoy listening to pop music in Japan. Japanese pops are storongiy
influenced by American pops. We have some traditional music , but most
of the people , especially young people ,don't have much interest about
it.
This tendency is becoming bigger as massmedia is becoming bigger.
We can listen various countries' music everyday. For example, when we turn
on the TV, we can listen and see MTV anytime. So foreign music become
very familiar , a lot of Japanese song have English in their word.
These facts are taking bad influence about Japanese music instruments.
There are few demand of these, and our cultural asset will dissapear.
2
My country is a multi-cultures country. So that why, i listen to all sorts
of music. But i am a chinese , so i intend to listen more chinese music.
Music of chinese, malay, indian and english in Singapore can be heard
over the radio any time of the day. Different performs of races can be seen
all round the year. We celebrate each other New Year Day.
Another reason is people from all around the world would like to visit
Singapore cos of the multi-cultures in my country. And all races of people
can been seen happily together.In the national day of singapore, english
, chinese
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Music always reveal the differentiality culture of each country. Every country
has its own culture, music helps to reveal their own culture. Our countri's
music is so different that all most of the country's man can tell this
is the music from asian tune. |
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