Diffusion and Deformation of "Songs for Daily Life Guidance" after the War: A Historical and Psychological Study on Lyrics, Melodies and Rhythms

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26381227
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education on school subjects and activities
• Research Institution: Gakushuin University
• Principal Investigator: SHIMADA YUMI 学習院大学, 文学部, 教授 (60249406)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 「生活のうた」 / リズム変容 / 「ぴょんこ」リズム / 等拍 / 《おべんとう》 / 《おやつ》

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study focuses attention on the tendency that some songs of equal rhythm tend to be deformed to those of dotted rhythm in singing, and clarifies the actual condition of the trend and explores a part of factors, centering on "snack" and "lunch box" songs that have been used for group-class lessons and upbringing at nursery schools after the war.
In the course of the study, while the historical background of "songs for daily life guidance" after the war was being clarified, the above-mentioned two songs having characteristic of the rhythm deformation were analyzed mainly through questionnaire surveys to less than 300 nursery schools nationwide and actual observation of infant singing. And the study has clarified the aspect of the tendency that equal rhythms on the score are deformed to dotted rhythms and the fact that piano teaching acts on the rhythm deformation to some extent.

Free Research Field

音楽教育