GAMBUS PASER PERFORMANCE AS A CULTURAL LITERACY ENHANCEMENT OF PASER CULTURE FOR INDONESICAN CAPITAL RELOCATION TO EAST BORNEO

Gambus Paser music is one among traditional perfoming arts belongs to Paser tribe. Contextually, gambus Paser performing art cannot be detacted from its socio-culural since it geographically affects the characteristic of that cultural music. Generally, the culture of Gambus Paser music has its various values according to its various geographical dispositions. Geographically varied characteristic of Gambus Paser music is reflected on the interpretation of the music especially on the style of pentengan (picking technique) and the lyric of Gambus song. Gambus Paser music is also characteristically identified by the use of that pentengan style. On the other hand, coastal area also affects Gambus Paser characateristic which tends to be expressive and dynamic. Conceptually speaking, this research is qualitative research with descriptive analytical method. This research focuses on Gambus Paser performing art as the cultural (music) literacy enhancement. The purpose is to analyze the form of Gambus Paser performance as Paser cultural literacy. The result shows that literature related to Paser art is still hardly found, while on the other hand, we have also found how potential this performance as sustainable literacy and identity enhancement for Paser community to welcome the Indonesian capital relocation to East Borneo. A concrete step which is taken is to documenting and disseminating the Gambus Paser performance to create a cultural literacy and a sustainable traditional art.

Research on Music Teaching and Creation Based on Deep Learning

Under the background of quality education, music learning is also changing, from the original shallow learning to deep learning gradually. In-depth learning is a new teaching concept, which pays full attention to students’ perception and exploration of music so that students can fully experience the charm of music. It can not only help students master more music knowledge and improve their music skills but also cultivate students’ music literacy and enhance their music ability (Świechowski, 2015). Therefore, in junior high school music teaching, teachers should actively apply the deep learning model and then improve the teaching level and comprehensively cultivate students’ music literacy (Whitenack and Swanson, 2003). In this paper, two convolution-based deep learning models, Breath1d and Breath2d, were designed and constructed, and a multilayer perceptron (MLP) was used as a benchmark method for performance evaluation, and a long short-term memory (LSTM) network is applied for the classification task. This paper discusses the value and application strategies of deep learning in junior high school music teaching and hopes to provide some reference for all educational colleagues (Zhang and Nauman 2020).

Relation of Literacy and Music Literacy to Dementia in Older Black and White Brazilians

Background: Literacy is more consistently reported than education as protective against dementia in developing regions. Objective: To study the association of verbal literacy, numeracy, and music literacy with dementia in older Black and White Brazilians with a broad spectrum of education. Methods: We studied 1,818 Black, Mixed-race, and White deceased Brazilians 65 years or older at death (mean = 79.64). Data were retrospectively obtained within 36 hours after death in a face-to-face interview with an informant, usually a family member. Dementia was classified using the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) scale. Three forms of literacy were ascertained: verbal literacy (10 questions: reading and writing), numeracy (3 questions: multiplication, percentages, and use of a calculator), and music literacy (1 question: reading music). Black (11%) and Mixed-race (23%) older adults were combined in analyses. Models adjusted for age and sex. Results: Dementia was identified in 531 people. Participants had 0 to 25 years of education (median = 4). More literacy was associated with lower odds of dementia (all p≤0.039). Participants that read music had about half the odds of having dementia. Participants in the highest quartile of numeracy and verbal literacy had respectively 27%and 15%lower odds of having dementia compared to the lowest quartile. Literacy was lower in Blacks (p < 0.001, except music p = 0.894) but the effect of literacy on dementia was similar (interaction p > 0.237). In secondary analyses, playing instruments without reading music was not associated with dementia (p = 0.887). Conclusion: In a large sample of Brazilians, verbal literacy, numeracy, and music literacy were associated with lower odds of dementia. The effect was similar across races.

Design and Construction of a PBL Based Evaluation Index System for Classroom Music Education

The quality of classroom education is essential to the construction and development of departments and colleges, and a mirror of the teaching level and quality of teachers. Project-based learning (PBL) tries to create problem scenarios for learners, and encourage them to think deeper and communicate more. Inspired by PBL, this paper analyzes the existing evaluation index systems (EISs) for classroom music education in colleges, and summarizes the application of PBL in music teaching. Besides, a novel EIS is designed and constructed for classroom music education. The results show that: PBL stresses the changes of learners through the learning, and enables teachers to combine pre-, in-, and post-class methods to comprehensively evaluate the music literacy of students; PBL exerts a positive effect on students’ learning. The results lay a theoretical basis for reforming the EIS of classroom music education.

‘Chasing every mark’. High stakes assessment and curriculum narrowing: the case of disciplinary literacy in the Irish secondary music classroom

The critical role of disciplinary literacy in enhancing understanding and engagement within arts-based subjects has drawn increased recognition amongst researchers and practitioners alike in recent years. The successful integration of disciplinary literacy into the classroom however has been challenged in equal measures by a prevailing sense of confusion and misunderstanding surrounding the concept of disciplinary literacy and by the concurrent, deep-rooted pressures of performativity experienced by teachers and pupils operating within regimes of examination intensification. The result of these tensions has been a documented increase in reductionist classroom-based approaches to the development of disciplinary literacy. Given the frequently cited importance of engaged disciplinary literacy encounters in the music classroom, a review of the dominant pedagogical practices in this field is germane. This paper reports on the findings of a study exploring the integration of disciplinary literacy in the Irish secondary school music classroom. The findings of this research demonstrate a dominance of listening and performing strategies in classroom-based literacy development initiatives and an aligned relegation of student verbalisation in the music classroom. Recommendations for more disciplinary engaged, student-centred approaches in the development of music literacy within the secondary classroom are outlined.

Formation of Musical Literacy of Primary School Students in Extracurricular Activities

This article discusses the formation of musical literacy of primary school students in extracurricular activities. This article is an excerpt from the textbook “Music Literacy for Primary School Students” about the minutes of music literacy in primary school classes “Music Culture” and the purposeful use of interactive, interactive methods, the formation of musical impressions and the necessary knowledge, skills, abilities in music, taking into account the psychological and physiological aspects of teachers and students in the organization of music clubs, competency building, 34-hour music literacy or lessons are taught step-by-step, from simple to complex, and ways and means of achieving musical literacy through the efficient use of time are shown.

Interactive Methods in Shaping Music Literacy in Primary School Students

This article is more effective than interactive methods, taking into account the psychological literacy of teachers and students in the organization of music clubs, as well as the minutes of music literacy in the primary school “Music Culture” lessons in general secondary schools and targeted use, to compose musical impressions and develop the necessary musical knowledge and skills, to teach music literacy or lessons in an orderly, step-by-step manner, from simple to complex, to use time efficiently. As a result, ways to achieve musical literacy are shown.

A New Definition of Music Literacy: What, Why, and How?

The purpose of this article is to articulate clear definitions of music literacy and text, explain what impact they may have on music education generally, and describe their application to day-to-day teaching. The broadened definitions are intended to unite music professionals’ understanding of music literacy and help them more clearly approach music literacy instruction while simultaneously fulfilling curricular expectations of administrators and other stakeholders. Specific benefits of the new definitions include (1) aiding conversations between music teachers and literacy administrators, (2) providing clarity in the examination of broad issues and general approaches in music education, and (3) enhancing clarity and effectiveness in day-to-day instructional planning and delivery.