Research On The Structure Of The Melodic Tune Of Tujia Folk Songs

Targeted at the folk songs popular in the junction area where three provinces, Hunan, Guizhou, Hubei, and a city Chongqing meet, the habitat to the Tujia Ethnic Group, based on the theory and method of ethnomusicology, from the perspective of the instruction of melodic tune, the paper collected different types of Tujia folk songs from different areas.Mainly choosing the songs which were approved by the insiders as the analysis sample when studying on each type of the songs, the thesis tries to coordinate the perspective of the bearers and researchers in the field of culture and to pursue the study by the idea of linking theory with practice, by synthesizing the anthropological investigation and existing document. Surely, the continuous changes are not ignored and the paper objectively elaborates the songs at the point of the function, characteristics, cause of formation and profound cultural intension via music form.The thesis is divided into eight chapters:Chapter1, General Situation of Tujia Ethnic Group; Chapter2, the Characteristics of the Melodic Tune Structure of Ancient Tujia Songs; Chapter3, the Characteristics of the Melodic Tune Structure of Songs in Tujia Dialect; Chapter4, the Characteristics of the Melodic Tune Structure of Folk Songs in Southwestern Official Language; Chapter5, the Characteristics of the Melodic Tune Structure of Tujia Children’s Song; Chapter6, the Characteristics of the Melodic Tune Structure of Tujia Songs for Labour; Chapter7, the Characteristics of the Melodic Tune Structure of Tujia Songs for Funeral; Chapter8, the Synthesis Analysis of the Melodic Tune Structure for the Tujia Folk Songs and the Study on the Cause of Formation.Focusing on the structure of melodic tune of Tujia folk songs, it aims to carry out an in-depth research through unraveling the layers on the diverse and complicated Tujia music matters as well as the various Tujia folk songs. Consequently the ethnic identity of Tujia folk songs can be abstracted, with the hope of contributing to the heritage of Tujia folk songs with fading distinguishing features, and the hope of contributing to the study on minority cultural research and heritage in China.