STUDYING DONG MUSIC FOR TEACHING THE FIRST YEAR MUSICOLOGY STUDENT AT GUIZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY, GUIYANG, CHINA

Abstract

The research topic is “Studying Dong Music for Teaching the First Year Musicology Student at Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China” The objectives of this study are four-fold: (1) To Study Dong music. (2) Prepare a guide book to Dong music. (3) Teaching the students of the experimental group with the Dong music guide book in Guizhou Normal University. (4) To evaluate the result of teaching by using the guidebook.

This research method was qualitative and quantitative mixed methods. Qualitative research is to analyze and study the pedagogy for singing, while quantitative research is to teach the experimental group. The sample is 13 first-year students majoring in music education at Guizhou Normal University.

The research results of the thesis: (1) Learn the theoretical knowledge of Dong music by consulting books and articles about Dong music and music education in colleges and universities, and learn Dong music singing and Dong instrumental music from folk artists. (2) The travel guide includes the general situation of the Dong nationality, the history, and culture of the Dong nationality, the general situation of the music of the Dong nationality, folk songs of the Dong nationality, folk art of the Dong nationality, Dong opera, instrumental music of the Dong nationality, inheritance of Dong nationality music, etc. Contains representative repertoires of various types of Dong music. (3) The teaching plan includes 30 class hours for lectures and 2 class hours for tests, including pre-class tests, formative tests, and summary tests. (4) Tutorials teach effectively and students learn well; the guide is suitable for teaching at a very good level.