Date
12-19-2023
Department
School of Music
Degree
Master of Arts in Ethnomusicology (MA)
Chair
Leon Neto Correia
Keywords
Jianpu, Chinese Education System, Transcription
Disciplines
Music
Recommended Citation
Sparks, Yohei, "Usage of the Chinese Notation System versus the Western Notation System among Elementary Students" (2023). Masters Theses. 1079.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/masters/1079
Abstract
This research project uses the Chinese music notation system, Jianpu, in a modern elementary classroom setting in the United States to see if it is a usable asset. As Reilly Elementary School is already a bilingual school within a multicultural community with various talents, this idea could bring benefits to the students at this school. This paper examines what the Chinese notation system includes and how it could be used both as a classroom tool and as a suggestion for future researchers. The methodology used here was a lecture and an assessment of understanding followed by a survey to determine which notation system the participants found easier to use. The finding was that out of ten participants, six still preferred to use Western notation rather than Jianpu.
