Music Education Tech

Useful Website about Music Education Technology in China

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Useful Website about Music Education Technology in China

1. Sinededia Blog (Beijing) Website: http://www.sinemedia.com/
This is a professional music technology website of China. Lots of free tutorial materials for music technology are available here. It is also an important online resource for Macintosh version music software.

2. Centrumus Company Online: http://www.centrmus.com/
This is one of the most influence music technology websites of China. The “Ecntrumus Technology” pages provide a lot of free materials about music hardware and software. The “Ecntrumus Forum” provides a communication platform for visitors.

3. China “Midifan” http://ch.midifan.com/
This is a computer music online community that provides online exchange of music technology. A digital journal is issued monthly.

4. The Sound of Music China: http://www.zgyyzs.com/
This is a very good website about music education, performance, composition and music business.

5. China Crisscross Musical education Net: http://www.ccmusic.com.cn/
This website provides computer music and keyboard instrument tutorial information and online forum for music education.

6. Popiano site: http://www.popiano.org/
This is an online exchange platform of the music notation program Overture. It provides free software download, online tutorial of using Overture and a great deal of free music scores (ove. version) download.

7. Rainbow Jianpu site: http://www.jianpu.com/
This website provides free numeral score download and tutorial of numeral notation editing skills.

8. Traditional Chinese Music site: http://bbs.guqu.net/ This forum provides free music score download and music exchange.

The Main Music Societies of China

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Chinese Musicians Association (CMA)

Chinese Musicians Association is the central headquarter of all national music societies. It has 50 affiliated group members and more than 10,000 individual members.[1] The CMA Website address is: http://www.cflac.org.cn/xh/yinyue/
Each province has their own provincial musician associations and all affiliated professional music societies, but their number is less than the national music society number. For example, the Musician Association of Jiangxi Province has it affiliated societies such as “the Instrumental Music Association of Jiangxi Province,” “the Percussion Society of Jiangxi Province.”

The 50 affiliated group members of CMA are:

1. Chinese Music History Association
2. Ma Sichong[2] Research Society of China http://www.ccom.edu.cn/kycb/msc/jj/200506290021.shtml
3. Chinese Music Aesthetic Society
4. China “Nanyin[3]” Society
5. American Music Society of China
6. China Acoustics Association
7. Traditional Chinese Instrumental Music Association of China
8. China Society of Traditional Chinese Pipe Instrument Music
9. Chinese Traditional Music Association
10. China “Yangqin[4]” Society
11. China “Leiqin[5]” Society
12. China “Pipa[6]” Society
13. Beijing “Guqin[7]” Society
14. China “Erhu[8]” Society
15. China “Pharynx Voice” Education Center
16. Chinese National Music Choir
17. Beijing Contemporary Music Society
18. China Symphony Association
19. China Cello Society
20. Xinghai Choir
21. China Accordion Society http://www.accordions.com/china/
22. French Horn Society of China
23. China Percussion Society http://www.percussion.org.cn/
24. Bass Cello Society of China
25. Musical Saw Society of China
26. China Harp Society
27. China Clarinet Society
28. Piano Tuning Society of China http://pianoteck.nease.net/
29. China Association of Children’s Violin Education
30. China Society of Music Composition Professions in Normal University
31. Orff-Schuwerk Society of China http://www.chinaorff.com/
32. China Kodaly Association
33. Music Education Association of China
34. China Society of Normal University Music Education
35. China Society of Normal University Choir
36. China Xiao Youmei[9] Research Society
37. China Electric Piano Association http://www.dzqchina.com/
38. Traditional Music Theory Society of China
39. Chinese Vocal Association http://v.tongde.com/bbs/
40. World Music Association of China
41. China Society of Eastern Music
42. China Society of Music Therapy
43. Digital Music Education Academy of China
44. Chinese Music Educators Association
45. China Society of Music Professions at Normal University
46. China Society of Television Music
47. China “Guzheng[10]” Society
48. Electroacoustic Music Association of China
49. Music Psychology Association of China http://mpchina.ccom.edu.cn/
50. China Society of Guitar http://www.cngt.org/

[1] Source: Chinese Musician Association website http://www.cflac.org.cn/xh/yinyue/
[2] Ma Sichong (1912 -1987) is a composer and violinist, one of the most influenced Chinese musicians of the world.
[3] “Nanyin” is a traditional opera at the southern part of China. It is regarded as “life fossil” because its
[4] “Yangqin” is a traditional Chinese musical instrument. It’s played by two bamboo sticks hitting the strings.
[5] “Leiqin” is a two-string traditional musical instrument, which originally came from Shandong Province of China.
[6] “Pipa” is a four-string traditional musical instrument of China.
[7] “Guqin” is a traditional Chinese musical instrument that has seven strings. It’s a symbol of ancient scholar.
[8] “Erhu” is a two-string, very popular traditional musical instrument of China.
[9] Xiao Youmei (1884-1940) a famous Chinese musician. He is regarded as the “father of Chinese modern music.”
[10] “Guzheng” is a traditional Chinese musical instrument with 21 strings. It’s played with artificial finger nails.

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