I am in contact with many teenagers because of my job, which is teaching. And I have had interviews with them during this time, their interest in the music of their own country has decreased compared to the teenagers of the past. And this is definitely due to the country's musical weakness and not satisfying their tastes.
But I want to know what can be done to make them interested in the music of their country and what are my duties as a teacher or a master student of music?
I think that if the autochthonous music of each country or region is promoted from school, young people could possibly listen to music from each region in greater proportion than non-traditional music.
It is important that the students get to know the local music authors, from their personal side and life trajectory so that they feel closer, especially their biography from the stage in which the current students are.
Acquaint them with subjects with which they can relate that intersect.
As an example, my interest in genealogy led to my learning that an aunt toured as a member of Helen Lewis & Her Rhythm Queens;" a group and style of music that would not have been on my radar and I not discovered my aunt's claim-to-fame.
I also remember the time I was singing along to the The Duprees' hit, "You Belong to Me." As my mother entered the room and heard me she started singing along, causing me to wonder how she knew the lyrics to a song when she did not listen to "my" music. Little did I know that the recording that was so popular in 1962 was actually a cover record my mother had heard when Jo Stafford recorded it a decade before.
If you know the history, your students will learn it.
It would be nice to have an edit button to catch spell-checked errors.
Teenagers love the music they hear every day. Today they hear music from tiktok so that is what they love. To make a change is to make music in class from there own country and repeat that. This is the way to meet there own cultural music. (excuses for my bad english)
Esther Kooistra Thank you for your answer. You mentioned a good point. By the way, your English is very good.
Stacy Harris You mentioned interesting points and I will definitely use them. I don't understand what you mean about spell-checked errors. But anyway, thank you for your help.
Aleksandra Liszka I read your answer several times so that it remains complete in my mind. Thank you for the link you posted. I will definitely use it. Good luck to you too.
Dear Dr. Marjan Rabiee
Maybe you may be interested in this other Question!
https://www.researchgate.net/post/You_like_dancing_what_kind_of_dance_do_you_prefer_if_your_answer_is_yes2
I am surprised by this question. I live in the UK. Many years ago (1964-1969), I was at boarding school and we all loved 'pop music' and some of what I liked then is still what I like now.
But after I retired, there was still a live music scene in the town where I live, and all ages used to go to see live bands. The pub where we used to go every Friday night for live music (usually rock), after a week at work, before I retired, is now active again, after COVID-19 interrupted things a bit.
One band who are playing locally again are quite well known to us and a man who used to play guitar with them was very helpful when my guitar amp went wrong, and did nothing but buzz. However, I put it right by going directly onto the manufacturer's website. Amazing!
My husband is reasonably sure that a pub in the 'old town' of where I live now has also started to put on concerts of local bands again.
So, even though the youngsters are not meant to drink alcohol, they still keep the tradition of 'pub rock' going.
I hope they also take up learning to play music themselves.
Entrance to these concerts was nearly always free.
Haqiqatdan ham o'z mamlakati musiqasiga qiziqish o'smirlar uchun o'z yurti uchun mehr-oqibatni oshiradi
You are absolutely right. Dear Dr. Po'Lat Qahhorov, the interest in the music of one's own Country increases the "love" for one's own Country in adolescents.
Hello Mr. Po'Lat Qahhorov . Yes you are right. Thank you for your answer. But my question is how can I influence on teenagers in this field?
Dear Professor Juana Maria Arcelus-Ulibarrena Thank you so much for the link you have posted.
Mrs Mary C R Wilson , I hope you and your husband are fine. You are right, but the countries and their conditions are different. Our country does not have a lot of live music like yours, and our teenagers mostly listen to music through the Internet. And I want to introduce them to the music of their own country, and this is a question for me.
Menimcha milliylikni ko'rsatib turuvchi musiqalarni ko'proq saytlarga joylash kerak
Thank you very much for giving us your opinion Dear Dr. @Po'Lat Qahhorov, indeed the music that shows and conveys the "nationalist sentiment" should be published on more sites. For my part, I am already doing it in numerous "threads" by making our deep Nationalist feeling known as the Basque People!
Mirzakhmet Syzdykov
Yes, exactly. I agree with you. You gave a very good comment.
Before anything I want to appreciate your responsibility for the art and culture of your country. Usually, teenagers have a great interest to dance and rhythmic melodies. I think the best idea for connecting them to traditional music can be introducing parts of traditional music that have the most relations with dance and fast tempo. For example in Iranian classical music, 'Chahar-mezrab' and 'Reng' are two types of rhythmic melodies that should be helpful for this purpose. For children at younger ages using simple lyrics with traditional melodies is another way to introduce traditional music. You can mix simple and funny lyrics on your own or other lyricists with folk melodies or old songs and encourage your students to memorize and sing them like a fun game. memorizing words can help them to memorize tunes better. In this way, they pay more attention to learning traditional music.
Mohammad saleh Baratali Thank you very much for your helpful comment.
And thank you for explaining so thoroughly.
I think you could tackle the subject comparing how simple the rhythm can be in modern music and why the lyrics in so many songs tend to be offensive or no sense, I would say as a general rule, traditional music is richer in meaning.
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