Open AccessWhat is Known About Some Music Features and Song Lyrics of the Khmer Living in the South of Vietnam?
Author(s) -
Nguyen The Truyen [Nguyễn Thế Truyền]
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asian-european music research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2701-2689
pISSN - 2625-378X
DOI - 10.30819/aemr.7-4
Subject(s) - lyrics , affection , musical , homeland , ethnic group , variety (cybernetics) , popular music , psychology , folk music , sociology , social psychology , literature , art , anthropology , political science , law , artificial intelligence , politics , computer science
In this article, the author will present some research issues as follows: Musical expressions oflove for the homeland, Love among men and women, family affection, and attachment to work.The Khmer inhabiting South Vietnam practice all these expressions.In another short section, common characteristics with the music of other ethnic groups in Vietnaminclude similar instrumental music, scales used and rhythmic structures applied.Thereby, the author reviews categorizations undertaken in the past demonstrating that Khmermusic strictly belongs to one ethnic group in the country. Also, musical instruments have beencategorized in similar ways, using the Hornbostel-Sachs descriptive tools: Chordophone,Arephones, Idiophones, Membraphones, which are using a variety of scales and modes. It is alsosaid that the inheritance and promotion of the typical values of Khmer music into social life, wasa very pragmatic fact, which needs more attention. The use of the term “Folk Music” is onlyreflecting on a certain approach supported by cultural policies toward minorities from the 1970sto 2010.