Musictellsussomethingaboutaculture.Whatdoesthemusicofyourcountryrevealaboutthecultureofyourcountry?Usereasonsandspecificexamplestosupportyouranswer.
Musiciswideconsideredtheuniversallanguageandacomponentofculture.Musicalsotellsatalewhichrevealstheoriginsofacountry'scultureandtheinfluencesintheculture'sdevelopment.InSingapore,ourmusicisdiverseandblended.Bylisteningtoourmusic,onewillnotethatithasitsrootsinmanycultures.ThisisduetothefactthatSingaporeisamultiracialcountryandassuch,theidentityofSingaporeancultureisameltingpotofdifferentraces.TheuseofmusicinSingapore'ssocietyalsoallowsonetohaveabetterunderstandingofourculture.Musicisusedformanydifferentaspectsofourlives.Weddings,funerals,holidays,allcallfordifferenttypesofmusic.Thetoneofthemusicalsochangesaccordingly.Specialattentionmustbepaidtothedifferentraces'useofmusic,too,asthemusicusedforsimilaroccassionssometimesdiffersgreatly.Forexample,aChinesefuneraluseslivelymusicandinmanywaysresemblesafestiveeventwhereasaMalayfuneralwouldtendtobemoresombre.ThroughtheseobservationsonecangenerallyunderstandthatwhileSingaporeisonecountry,itsmakeupisnothomogenous.Theinstrumentsusedtoproducemusicareanexampleofsuchadiversity.WehavegongsfromChina,reedinstrumentsfromMalaysia,andstringedinstrumentsfromIndia.Assuch,Singapore'sculturalidentityisseenasablendofmanycultures.ItdrawsitsidentityfromthedifferentpartsofthewholewhichmakeupSingapore'spopulation.AcloselookatSingapore'smusicalsorevealsthatitisalsoinfluencedbyforeigners.Westerncivilizationhasmadeagreatimpactgloballyandtheresultscanbeseeninmusic,too.Theyoungergenerationisthemainrecipientofthisinfluenceandthemusicitlistenstoisanexampleofthatfact.ThisinfluenceinthetastesandpreferenceofmusicisareflectionofSingapore'spresent-dayculture. |
