Origin: Turkish. This is a Turkish lament. I believe that this fits within the genre of popular music in Turkey. The song sounds more like a folk song, but from what I have learned in my unit project reading so far, folk songs in Turkey ARE popular music to some extent.
I have begun reading my unit project text (Music in Turkey) and looking for various examples of the music. Something that caught my attention in my search is that the folk songs on the CD that comes with the book and what seem to be songs by popular artists on YouTube sound very much alike. Folk styles are obviously very well-respected and liked by the people in Turkey. Another point that came to mind is one about authenticity. While it is enlightening to include Turkish music and attempts at its performance in my lesson plans, it would be nearly impossible to teach its performance authentically, because I would not have access to a Saz instrument--an integral part of the texture in Turkish folk music.
I find it fascinating that in Turkey, music of their tradition is almost the norm in terms of what's popular to listen to. Unlike America, it seems like people are more into their cultural background and who their people are. Though the issue that we as Americans is that our culture contains many mixtures of different cultures, so the mainstream popular music in America needs to cater to a larger and more diversified audience than some other cultures.
I find it very interesting that the popular music is representative of the folk style. In America there are currently just a handful of pop musicians that use folk styles in their compositions. I think this will be different within the next fifty years. Music educators are turning to their roots now more than ever for materials to teach students as part of educational standard nine. I believe this will eventually have a strong influence on the youth of the country and as they grow into musicians, directly affect the music they create and the popular music culture.
I think it is very interesting how a big portion of Turkey's popular music can stem from Turkey's original folk tunes. Like the previous comments mentioned, it is harder to find popular music in America these days that relates back to folk tunes. I don't know if this is because Turkey is just more of a traditional country in that sense, or if it is just because America has so much music from many different nations around the world, that it is harder to keep even one aspect alive in our music today. I am having similar issues myself with wanting to teach performance authenticity with my Japanese music. I also won't have access or the funds for the instruments I would need to teach performance authenticity. However I definitely think that we should not stray away from teaching this kind of music in our classroom. I feel like if every teacher just said "Oh well I don't have the instruments from this country so there's no way I can teach it" then we really wouldn't have very much world music in our classrooms today.
Aside from instruments, it would be a challenge to attain this melodic nuance; not impossible, but challenging for our students. Perhaps something like this relaxed tempo would allow entry into this style of singing.
I find it fascinating that in Turkey, music of their tradition is almost the norm in terms of what's popular to listen to. Unlike America, it seems like people are more into their cultural background and who their people are. Though the issue that we as Americans is that our culture contains many mixtures of different cultures, so the mainstream popular music in America needs to cater to a larger and more diversified audience than some other cultures.
ReplyDeleteI find it very interesting that the popular music is representative of the folk style. In America there are currently just a handful of pop musicians that use folk styles in their compositions. I think this will be different within the next fifty years. Music educators are turning to their roots now more than ever for materials to teach students as part of educational standard nine. I believe this will eventually have a strong influence on the youth of the country and as they grow into musicians, directly affect the music they create and the popular music culture.
ReplyDeleteI think it is very interesting how a big portion of Turkey's popular music can stem from Turkey's original folk tunes. Like the previous comments mentioned, it is harder to find popular music in America these days that relates back to folk tunes. I don't know if this is because Turkey is just more of a traditional country in that sense, or if it is just because America has so much music from many different nations around the world, that it is harder to keep even one aspect alive in our music today.
ReplyDeleteI am having similar issues myself with wanting to teach performance authenticity with my Japanese music. I also won't have access or the funds for the instruments I would need to teach performance authenticity. However I definitely think that we should not stray away from teaching this kind of music in our classroom. I feel like if every teacher just said "Oh well I don't have the instruments from this country so there's no way I can teach it" then we really wouldn't have very much world music in our classrooms today.
నేను చికిత్స సిఫార్సు
ReplyDeleteAside from instruments, it would be a challenge to attain this melodic nuance; not impossible, but challenging for our students. Perhaps something like this relaxed tempo would allow entry into this style of singing.
ReplyDelete