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<문제> Music tells us something about a culture. What does the music of your country reveal about the culture of your country? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.
Music of a country tells us a culture about the country. I suppose that Korean traditional music and popular music reaveal about Korea. These music may express any countries' cultural character of course, but in Korea, they are specially in that oriental countries are eager to korean pop stars.
Korean traditional music is consist of only five sound - do, re, mi, sol and ra. So it is very different from that of westside. Korean traditional music exhibits the wisedom of Korean ancient people. When listening to tranditional music, one can feel the ancient culure of Korea.
Next, Korean popular music such as pop music and O.S.T, original sound track, of daily darama and movies, exhibits Korean culure of today. Nowadays, people in Korea do not listen to traditional music in everyday life but they listen to popular music. So pop music include tending and the way of living of people in Korea. Furthermore, in oriental countries such as China, Honkong and Japan, Korean dramas and pop music stars attract the people of those countries. Consequently, the original sound track of popular dramas are very popular in those countries and so the people of the countries are interested in Korean culuture, also.
There are a lot of elements which reveal a country's culural character but music os the most strong emement of those. Thus, both traditional music and popular music reveal Korean culure.
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5점
Music is wide considered the universal language and a component of culture. Music also tells a tale which reveals the origins of a country's culture and the influences in the culture's development.
In Singapore, our music is diverse and blended. By listening to our music, one will note that it has its roots in many cultures. This is due to the fact that Singapore is a multiracial country and as such, the identity of Singaporean culture is a melting pot of different races.
The use of music in Singapore's society also allows one to have a better understanding of our culture. Music is used for many different aspects of our lives. Weddings, funerals, holidays, all call for different types of music. The tone of the music also changes accordingly. Special attention must be paid to the different races' use of music, too, as the music used for similar occassions sometimes differs greatly. For example, a Chinese funeral uses lively music and in many ways resembles a festive event whereas a Malay funeral would tend to be more sombre. Through these observations one can generally understand that while Singapore is one country, its makeup is not homogenous.
The instruments used to produce music are an example of such a diversity. We have gongs from China, reed instruments from Malaysia, and stringed instruments from India. As such, Singapore's cultural identity is seen as a blend of many cultures. It draws its identity from the different parts of the whole which make up Singapore's population.
A close look at Singapore's music also reveals that it is also influenced by foreigners. Western civilization has made a great impact globally and the results can be seen in music, too. The younger generation is the main recipient of this influence and the music it listens to is an example of that fact. This influence in the tastes and preference of music is a reflection of Singapore's present-day culture.
4점
It is true that music tell us something about culture. In many countries the music is almost the same, that because of relationship and how close those countries are.
Traditional music, is the background of a nation. In my country, Greece, traditional music express the feelings about nature, war, sea and it combines music with storytelling.
First, the musical instruments gave you a impression of culture, ours are made from natural materials, such as wood, animal skin, stones. This kind of instruments gives you the first idea about the culture.
Second, the music is like a part of nature in my culture, you can hear some kinds of animals in my county's music because the players are trying to imitate in some ways the birds, or the mamals, like the wolf or the bear.
Third, thetrditional music changes from area to area. The peoples that leaves in southern areas plays diferent kind of music than the people of a northen area, that because of the climate and the way of life.
So, in some way, you can find clues about someones cultre from his country music. Because, in my opinion, the music represents a whole nation and the feelings of the people.