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The Subtle Relationship between Community Music and Social Mobility

Author(s)

Yuehan Li

Affiliation(s)

University of York, Yorkshire, England

Abstract

More and more countries around the world advocate for equal access to music, equal learning of music, and other forms of music education. This article introduces a popular discipline with a long history in European and American countries: community music. This art form provides important methodological guidance for the popularization and inheritance of ideas and concepts in music and art. This article explores how community artists can turn an idea into a bridge and timely means of music dissemination under such guidance. At the same time, this article also explores the impact of modern technology and media on music dissemination, as well as its limitations for specific regions and populations. New media is an inevitable material and trend that conforms to the development of the times. Unlike traditional media, this form of media allows for easy communication and exchange between characters in art worldwide. Community music, on its own way, has promoted the increase of social mobility, allowing more people to have the willingness and opportunity to learn music, and reflect the new situation of emerging new media. The combination of community music and new media is an inevitable trend and necessary choice in the context of the times. However, in this state of dissemination, community music still has a long way to go.

Keywords

New Media and Music Dissemination; Community Music; Social Mobility

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