Follow the Close Listening guide as you listen to CD 2:9, the folk song “Releasing the Horse into Pasture.” A short interview with Zhao along with her filmed performance of “Releasing the Horse into Pasture” may by found on WOM ‘s website. Compare and contrast the two singers and their folk songs (Jin’s “Weeding Song” and Zhao’s “Releasing the Horse into Pasture.”)
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• Both songs use a two-phrase design with vocal cries added to the solo singing.
• "Releasing . . ." is more straightforward in structure.
• "Releasing . . ." is in a clear duple meter vs. the free metered "Weeding Song."
• Zhao's repertory includes songs from all across the Chinese world, while Jin's repertory is a local set of tunes and songs.
• Jin learned to reshape one main melody to fit a wide range of song texts; Zhao memorized in the classroom a contrasting series of fixed-format songs.
• Jin sings in Wu, a local dialect in his region; Zhao sings her songs in the widely used Mandarin Chinese.
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