Ethnomusicology
I am excited to teach my students about Ethnomusicology. Here are my thoughts so far.
What makes up music, other than the 6 parts of music that we study (pitch, tempo, dynamics, texture, tone color, and rhythm)?
Music comes from the cultures of the people who write them. Composers write music using the instruments, dances, folklore (stories), and tunes they are familiar with. What do you think of when I say American music, Korean Music, Japanese Music, Irish Music, or African Music? Each of these regions have their own style of music.
An Ethnomusicologist studies what makes up the music of a people group. So, when we sing music from different countries and ask the question, "why did the composer write the music like s/he did?" we are ethnomusicologist.
An Ethnomusicologist Missionary is someone who helps the people they are working with write music from their own culture that praises God. Every people group has their own music, but if they are an unreached people they probably don't have music that worships God. In the past, missionaries brought their own praise songs and translated them into the language of the people they are working with so that the people would have something to sing at their worship services, but what is even better is if the people can take their new faith and write their own songs to worship God. Here is an some examples of people groups who have done just that...
A Sakalava band called Tsinfitaka from Nosy be, Madagascar wrote their own music.
I was also excited to find this playlist of worship songs from around the world...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9694E481D21D8211
What makes up music, other than the 6 parts of music that we study (pitch, tempo, dynamics, texture, tone color, and rhythm)?
Music comes from the cultures of the people who write them. Composers write music using the instruments, dances, folklore (stories), and tunes they are familiar with. What do you think of when I say American music, Korean Music, Japanese Music, Irish Music, or African Music? Each of these regions have their own style of music.
An Ethnomusicologist studies what makes up the music of a people group. So, when we sing music from different countries and ask the question, "why did the composer write the music like s/he did?" we are ethnomusicologist.
An Ethnomusicologist Missionary is someone who helps the people they are working with write music from their own culture that praises God. Every people group has their own music, but if they are an unreached people they probably don't have music that worships God. In the past, missionaries brought their own praise songs and translated them into the language of the people they are working with so that the people would have something to sing at their worship services, but what is even better is if the people can take their new faith and write their own songs to worship God. Here is an some examples of people groups who have done just that...
A Sakalava band called Tsinfitaka from Nosy be, Madagascar wrote their own music.
I was also excited to find this playlist of worship songs from around the world...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9694E481D21D8211
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