Problems of mastering Russian song folklore by students from China

the development of relations between Russia and China in the field of art and education led to an increase in the interest of Chinese students in Russian folk and professional music. Mastering the song folklore of various regions of Russia in choral singing classes in the Russian universities, Chinese students are faced with problems related to linguistic differences and understanding the meaning of the text, which contains ancient words and expressions, modal melodic and intonation features, reproduction of rhythmic pattern and chord vertical, differences in regional singing styles and performing techniques. Russian song folklore is not the subject of special study in Chinese music schools, colleges and universities, therefore, the development of special pedagogical approaches to its development by students from the PRC becomes an urgent task of domestic pedagogy. The purpose of the article is to identify the problems of mastering Russian song folklore by Chinese students and the reasons for their appearance, as well as to propose ways to solve them, which were chosen at the Faculty of Music of Moscow State Pedagogical University.

Russian song folklore, the Chinese language, the Russian language, intonation, mode features, regional song style