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Drummers were originally established in European armies to act as signallers.

..joined by trumpeters or buglers and timpanists.

..had a battlefield purpose.

• unique to Singapore
• composed & sung by Singaporeans
• about life in Singapore

in good times or bad times, music can bond people together..

..uniting and inspiring people to work and play together.

Music

Xinyao

• Singapore Chinese Folk Song
• distinctive style of clean acoustics
• singing in the singing style, shuochang
• harmonising together
• usually accompanied solely by guitar

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a traditional ancestral war cry, dance or challenge from the Māori people of New Zealand.

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• originally meant to be informally composed to share with fellow friends in school
• characteristic of youth concerns, including views, feelings and aspirations of the everyday life in Singapore
• many xinyao composers and singers have no prior musical training
• transformed musical scene in Singapore, represents our local music culture and prevents the dominance of foreign culture

involves vigorous movements and stamping of the feet, slapping of hands on the body with rhythmically shouted accompaniment.

facial contortions such as showing the whites of the eyes and the poking out of the tongue.

Composing Xinyao

lyric writing

3 Types

bold, confident statements to convince, persuade listeners

• assertive

• narrative

• reflective

account, report, storytelling of an event, experience

reminiscent, contemplative, reflection

Work songs & Sea shanties

sung in the past by workers or slaves to motivate themselves or to build camaraderie.

sung by sailors to keep pace with their work.