Yunnan's original ethnic music

Author: Zhang Xingrong
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The book's arrangement follows linguistic families, explaining each ethnic group accordingly. For example:
Sino-Tibetan · Tibeto-Burman · Yi Branch: Yi, Hani, Lisu, Naxi, Lahu, Kini
Lisu · Burman Branch: Jingpo
Burman Branch: Achang
Unclassified Branch: Bai, Pumi, Dulong, Nu
Tai-Kadai · Tai Branch: Dai
Austroasiatic · Mon-Khmer Branch: Wa, Deang, ( is repeated in the original text, so it's listed here once)
Additionally, the musical categories of each ethnic group are discussed as much as possible according to their dialects. The content of the book primarily focuses on the original music of 16 ethnic groups in China, particularly in Yunnan Province, such as: Yi, Hani, Lisu, Naxi, Lahu, Kini, Jingpo, Achang, Bai, Pumi, Dulong, Nu, Dai, Wa, Deang, and. It highlights some key aspects of Yunnan's ethnic original music, such as:
the widely existing "pentatonic scale with half steps" and "neutral modes" and "double modes" among ethnic groups like Yi, Hani, and Kini;
the atonal and pan-tonal phenomena in the music of ethnic groups like Wa, Hani, and Dulong, and so on.