Traditional and modern music what should we choose
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this is
the correct way of saying traditional
song this song
of the traditional vietnamese song grew
up with me every night before i went to
bed
mom would always sing the song to me the
rhyme the lyrics
i know them very well and every time i
listen to this song
it gives me a ticket a ticket to travel
back to my childhood
however i cannot express my love of
traditional music genres by singing it
because of the constant criticism from
the previous generation
in the past during music class my
primary school teacher would always
criticize us whenever we sing
traditional music
because it’s not correct or it’s not
right
but the big question here is what is the
correct
and the right way of saying traditional
songs isn’t music
universal and it’s for everyone as a
daughter of vietnam
i believe that traditional music is a
part of our culture
and i have the right to express the love
from my roots
i’m heartbroken for not being able to
express the love for my own cultures
and it’s really really sad
but why are we focusing on the the way
of seeing traditional music
in a certain way of course there are a
lot of things that should be done in a
correct way
such as writing in essays or
doing math but in the case of
traditional music genres
forcing people to sing it in a certain
way actually causes more harm than good
when writing an essay once must write in
a correct grammar
or sentence structures or else nobody
would understand you
but when it comes to expressing ideas
and writing ideas even it’s the same
ideas
different people may have different way
of interpreting the
same idea because they have the
different experience in life same case
apply to traditional music genres
different people may have different way
of singing the same song
because especially from a different
generation because they have different
experience in life
they may sing it in different tunes or
rhyme but at the end of the day
the most important thing is the message
of the song still get to the listener
and that is what’s important
as the representation of the youth
i believe that this kind of limitations
and criticism
actually hinders the process of
preserving traditional music genres
traditional music genres such as
essentia
originated from different parts of
vietnam from the north to the south
from the west to the east and since it
was created by a diverse ethnic group
it reflects and highlights the diversity
of people
culture customs and the geography of
vietnam as a whole
not only that traditional music is a
cradle of
knowledge through the lyrics we can
understand the lessons and the values
our previous generation wanted to teach
us about life
through the rhymes we can feel the pain
that our ancestors went through when
vietnam was colonized by china
and then by the west our previous
generation wanted to teach us
appreciations of our roots
and that is what embedded in our
traditional songs
as a daughter of vietnam it is
heartbroken for me
to witness the crumbling of age-old
customs that we’re trying to preserve
practice and carry from generation to
generation slowly fade away
but i believe we still have the chance
to change
music reflects one’s stories the outer
stories or experience in life
it arises all kinds of feelings and
emotions
and make the and help the listener to
feel related to the artist
but in the case of traditional songs
youngsters like us
cannot relate to the stories that
happened a few centuries ago
for instance guangho was created to
introduce all the females and the males
that are of age in the village so they
can be husbands and wife
hatovan was made to connect gods with
commoners
villageman uses singhal to ask the woman
out
living in the 21st century if i sing her
to my crush
he will probably run away living in the
21st century
we rarely seize anyone who sings hall to
ask someone
on a date or sing one not to make an
excellent first impression
but we cannot make excuses because
traditional music genre is not familiar
to us
therefore we don’t want to preserve it
there are singers
authors rappers trying to change the
status quo
an excellent example is the singer wang
tulane you must all know about her right
she has a song named doofu and the song
took inspiration from a traditional
vietnamese
folk tale of a very beautiful young lady
who wait for her husband to
come back from the war but sadly the
story ends with the
on a sad note the story also took
inspiration
from a traditional vietnamese belief of
the four realms
through fool the sky tianful
the earth near full the water twai fu
the jungle nyaku not only that the song
also
include a traditional music genre with
this which is hodom
mixed with modern day electronic music
instruments
as a 17 year old in high school i rarely
listen to hoedom
and i believe that most of you guys
sitting here don’t too
but after listening to the song i
actually
research more about hodong because it’s
find it very unique and interesting
imagine tens of thousands of youngsters
like me
picking up pieces of knowledge after
listening to that song
how great would that be for the process
of preserving traditional music genre
right
however these artists are receiving
backlashes from the public
especially from the previous generation
the usual argument for this is that
the modern remix of the traditional
music genre is not
correct or the singer doesn’t didn’t
sing it in a right way
just like how my primary school teacher
used to criticize me whenever i sang
about that mei toy
but let’s think about it without this
young artist who combine traditional
music genres with modern day
music instruments our hope for
preserving traditional music genres will
soon fade away
but i believe if we know how to act and
if we act in time
we can save the status quo
firstly i urge the previous generations
to be more open-minded in terms of his
modern remakes
instead of giving harsh comments senior
artists
the previous generations our
grandparents or even our parents
can act as advisors to this young artist
an excellent example is senior artist
tangelo and
young autism mtp instead of giving
santum harsh comments
senior artist tang lope gives something
encouragement and support for his
experimental work
and instead of giving sun by us judgment
senior artist hang love
give constructive comments on where
symptoms should improve
and by helping this young artist in term
of creating
modern bmx senior artists can help
foster the growth
of preserving traditional music genres
secondly youngsters should combine
traditional music genres with modern day
music genres
there are different steps of combining
traditional music genres with modern day
music genres just like a cooking recipe
there are three steps and everything
start with you
step one use use your own stories or
experience
in the past our ancestors create lyrics
and songs based on their own experience
in life
and that’s make the public feel related
to the song
step 2 understand understand your medium
understand more about traditional music
genres research more about it
step 3 unite combine traditional music
genres with modern day music genres
or traditional music genres from modern
day music instruments and vice versa
and voila you have your perfect mix
as the daughter of vietnam i urge the
young
and the old to take part in the process
of preserving traditional music genres
as a representation of the youth
i want all of us to bring something in
the past
to the present to create a modern
and vibrant vietnam thank you