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Chinese musicology is the academic study of traditional Chinese music. This discipline has a very long history. This discipline has a very long history. Traditional Chinese music can be traced back to around 8,000 years ago during the Neolithic age.
This is the list of the top 50 most-viewed Chinese music videos on the American video-sharing website YouTube. "A Little Happiness" by Hebe Tien is first Chinese music video to reach 100 million views on August 20, 2016 [ 1 ] while "Goodbye Princess" by Tia Lee is the fastest Chinese music video to reach 100 million views in 20 days. [ 2 ]
Chinese opera music is mainly composed of singing (vocal singing and aside) and instrumental accompaniment. [30] Chinese opera accent: There are different types of drama in different regions, but they all have similarities. The four major accents in modern times are Kunshan accent (Kunshan), high accent , Pihuang accent, and Bangzi accent. [31]
A Farewell Song is a 2006 documentary film about a group of retired Chinese musicians who reunite to perform a series of concerts outside of the state-backed music system. It was directed by Arthur Jones (film director) and Luther Jones, and supported by the British Documentary Film Foundation ( BRITDOC ).
The Chinese Musicians Association (Chinese: 中国音乐家协会; pinyin: Zhōngguó Yīnyuèjiā Xiéhuì; abbreviated CMA) is China's largest and most important musical organization. It was established in July 1949 by the Chinese Communist Party [ 1 ] and, as of 2020, has more than 15,600 individual members.
The Chinese orchestra represents a significant force in the development of guoyue. Although there were orchestras in ancient times, the Chinese orchestra that is now commonly found in China and overseas Chinese communities is a modern creation that gradually developed through a series of experimentation starting in the 1920s. [16]
Chinese Music is the only journal in the world devoted wholly to theoretical and applied Chinese music. Chinese Music provides a forum for original papers concerned with musicology, musical life, composition, acoustics, analysis, orchestration, musicians, global interactions, intercultural studies, and musical instruments.
Shi'er lü (Chinese: 十二律; pinyin: shí'èr lǜ; lit. '12 pitches'; Mandarin pronunciation: [ʂɻ̩˧˥ aɚ˥˧ ly˥˩]) is a standardized gamut of twelve notes used in ancient Chinese music. [1] It is also known, rather misleadingly, as the Chinese chromatic scale; it was only one kind of chromatic scale used in ancient