Study Of Yuehu Altering

At present, there is a great number of ideas on the development of Chinese traditional music in the field of Musicology. After several years of discussing, there is no agreement reached. This dissertation tries to explain that folk musician have the same role with Yuehu in modern times by discussing Yuehu in several parts. As an important group , folk musician are playing important role in the process of Succeeding & Composing Chinese Traditional Music.The dissertation consists of four parts. The first part introduces the role of Yuehu in the process of transmitting Chinese social musical culture and the features of activities joined by Yuehu from North Wei Dynasty to Qing Dynasty. The second part points out the major role of Yuehu' s successor in the folk musical activity was unaffected since they were deprived of the registered music household system. At that time, social idea still rooted in people' s deep heart and Yuehu was developing and changing. The third part expatiates the features of modern folk musician. All kinds of folk musician went on altering in the social musical activities especially after the liberation of China. The last part testifies the legitimacy that the major role of composing and succeeding Chinese traditional music is consistent by the investigation of all kinds of folk musician, even if they have been changed on social status, work fashion and social notion, so on. Folk music is the start point to promote and develop Chinese music.