The Music Traits of Traditional Dulong Folk Songs Music Learning in China

Abstract

          Dulong nationality is an ethnic people living cross-border between China and Myanmar. In China, located in Dulongjiang Township, Gongshan County, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province is the main settlement of the Dulong ethnic group. It is a minority of people that are developed from old tradition to modern society make a living in a special geographical and natural environment and still preserve its early folk song traditional form. The lyrics record the early life state of the Dulong, and the tune shows the traditional pentatonic mode. The title of the song is usually named after a person, the melodic range is mostly in intervals of the sixth, and the high register of voice often appears in the song, which are the characteristics of the traditional folk songs of the Dulong nationality. The researcher describes the musical traits of Dulong folk songs in a kind of ethnomusicological analysis using music score examples based on the field record.