GENRES, RHYMES AND RHYTHMS IN LUON, QUAN LANG AND THEN SINGING OF TAY ETHNIC MINORITY

Authors

  • Le Thi Nhu Nguyet Thai Nguyen University, Vietnam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51453/2354-1431/2021/486

Keywords:

Folk music, Tay ethnic minority, luon singing, quan lang singing, then singing.

Abstract

From the linguistic perspective, the article studies the characteristics of genres, rhymes, and rhythms of the Tay folk songs through linguistic material of luon, quan lang and then singing.   There are two genres, namely the 7-tone form and the mixed one. The most dominant is the 7-tone form, which is used mainly in the call-and-response performance of luon and quan lang singing. The mixed form is widely used in then singing. Internal rhymes are found frequently in both of 7-tone and mixed forms; there is rarely end rhymes which are only met in a few lyrics of luon singing. The rhythm of Tay folk music is rich with typical vocal breaks. There are both semantic rhythm and phonetic rhythm, with both even and odd beats. Even rhythms are found in the sentences with even numbers of tones, usually including 2-2; 2-2-2; 4-4, 2-2-2-2… and odd rhythms exist in the sentences with odd numbers of tones, usually including 3-4, 3-2-2; 3-2 ...

The research results show that there is insignificant difference among luon, quan lang and then singing; the main difference is between then singing and quan lang, luon singing in terms of genre. This is the typical characteristic of the kind of "speak-singing" (also called "narrative singing").

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Published

2021-08-30

How to Cite

Lê Thị Như, N. (2021). GENRES, RHYMES AND RHYTHMS IN LUON, QUAN LANG AND THEN SINGING OF TAY ETHNIC MINORITY. SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL OF TAN TRAO UNIVERSITY, 7(20). https://doi.org/10.51453/2354-1431/2021/486

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Humanities and Social Sciences