A Study On The Music Geography Of Folk Songs In South-central Hubei

Located in the middle of Hubei Province and across the Jianghan Plain,central and southern Hubei has long been known as the "land of fish and rice".The unique geographical environment produces unique folk songs.The author takes the folk songs in central and southern Hubei in the "Integration of Chinese Folk Music-Hubei Volume" as the research object,and makes a preliminary study of the musical form,geographical distribution,and cultural connotation of the folk songs by combining quantitative and qualitative methods.This paper is divided into three chapters: The first chapter is about the musical form of folk songs in central and southern Hubei,which is quantitatively analyzed from five aspects: genre,voice sequence,scale,palace tone and tone.The second chapter is the geographical distribution of folk songs in central and southern Hubei.It analyzes their geographical distribution from five aspects: genre,voice sequence,scale,palace tone and tone,and uses geographic information system(GIS)to visually express and explore their spatial distribution rules.The third chapter is the cultural interpretation of folk songs in central and southern Hubei.It uses qualitative methods to interpret their spatial distribution rules from a cultural perspective and explore the cultural causes of their geographical distribution.