{"id":11,"date":"2015-10-29T22:10:04","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T02:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthewlien.com\/consonance\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2015-10-30T00:52:47","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T04:52:47","slug":"background","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/matthewlien.com\/consonance\/background\/","title":{"rendered":"Background"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Revered by academics and music lovers alike, the polyphonic Bunun song &#8220;Pasibutbut&#8221; is a cultural treasure. 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with linked arms. When in harmony, the music contains intervals of thirds, fourths and fifths, and other overtones. Beginning low in pitch and soft in volume, the song slowly rises in volume \u2014 and microtonally in pitch \u2014 in a hypnotic performance lasting about ten minutes. It has captivated music scholars for its complex structure practically impossible to document in written form.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan\u2019s aboriginal music was already gaining global appreciation during the early 20th century, and in 1943, Japanese music scholars (who deemed Bunun tribal music as the epitome of Taiwan\u2019s ethnic music) were sent to document a Bunun tribe from Taiwan\u2019s Riranzan village in remote Taitung County.<\/p>\n<p>The singers featured in \u201cConsonance\u201d are direct descendants of those recorded in 1943 (and published in the book\/CD \u201cSounds from Wartime Taiwan 1943\u201d), and are the first to be recorded in a manner which preserves the circular aspect of their music. Thus, \u201dConsonance\u201d is ground-breaking for its extremely accurate documenting of a cultural treasure and for defying of the inherent \u201cfront facing\u201d limitations of stereo and other typical surround audio formats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Revered by academics and music lovers alike, the polyphonic Bunun song &#8220;Pasibutbut&#8221; is a cultural treasure. 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