Music Is An Important Aspect Of Tradition Or Culture. My Family Is Influenced By

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Term Paper Title	Music Is An Important Aspect Of Tradition Or Culture. My Family Is Influenced By
# of Words	700
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	2.8

Music is an important aspect of tradition or culture. My family is influenced by different kinds of music arranged from folk to modern.  My father and I are interested in western music.  While, my mother is attracted to Asian music such as Chinese operas.
     My father’s taste in western music is due to an early age exposure to jazz by from grandfather.  My grandfather use to live in Hawaii and when he moved back to China he would listen to jazz everyday.  I also discovered that my father had lived in Hong Kong in the 60s’ and liked classic Rock and Role.  He would constantly tell me that the Beatles and Elvis were the best.  Till this day he still listens to classic Rock and Role.
     The music my father listens to indeed reflects his attitude toward certain aspect.  Due to the exposure of western music my father has enable himself to adapt to the customs and ways of life in American.  The oldies he enjoys so much has toned him into liking fast rhythm music such as pop, techno, and alternative.  In a positive view he tolerate what I listen to.
     My mother is more traditional.  She only likes music from the Asian countries, mostly from China.  Her favorite kind of music is Chinese opera.  The Chinese operas are mostly based on historical events that had actually happened.  The kinds of operas I have seen in my house are mostly based on romance.  On stage there are usually two people, a man and a woman.  Unlike western operas, Chinese operas have dialogues.  What is interesting to me is that the music played in the Chinese operas is awkward, but yet have beats and rhythm.
     The music that my mother listens to effect her aspect of life greatly.  She is very conservative in the respect of keeping the Chinese culture.  Her traditional thinking has blocked off her acceptance of the American culture.  She just cannot develop a tune to like music other than Chinese.  The fast paced rhythm of Rock, pop and Techno irritates h...

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