AN INVESTIGATION OF TEACHING HOW TO CREATE STRING INSTRUMENTS OF THE ZHUANG NATIONALITY IN GUANGXI CHINA

Abstract

This study uses the qualitative research approach to collect a vast quantity of data via field inquiry and to classify and statistically analyze the data acquired. The objectives were to 1) Investigate the idea how to teach creating stringed instruments of Zhuang nationality in Guangxi, China. 2) Examine the role and function of the stringed instruments of Zhuang nationality in Guangxi, China. There are 6 Key informant. The research process is literature research, field investigation method, observation method, interview method and questionnaire method. The research result are as follows: 1) The idea to create, it is the production methods and improvement ideas of Zhuang stringed instruments are all derived from the basic concepts of musical instrument production, and these concepts are also the core concepts gradually summarized in the long history of musical instrument development. When these circumstances change, the core philosophy of instrument making is bound to change with it. 2) In the part of the role and function from different angles, the cultural and entertainment functions, folk ritual functions, stage art functions, and ethnic cultural exchanges of Zhuang stringed instruments and also a tool for the performer to entertain. The musical instruments become the medium of communication between people and gods have the function of folk rituals. These functions and roles of Zhuang stringed instruments do not exist in isolation in many cases but coexist.