Constructing the Cantonese Pop Music Singing Guidebook for Teaching Students at Xinghai Conservatory of Music

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          Canto-pop songs are popular songs written and sung in the Cantonese (Hong Kong) vernacular dialect. The entry on Canto-pop songs in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians explains: "Canto-pop is commercial entertainment music with a pop style that originated in Hong Kong in the late 1970s, with melodies influenced by contemporary Japanese music, but still with Chinese characteristics." Hong Kong is the birthplace of Cantopop, which is widely popular outside the Cantonese-speaking region, which is a cultural phenomenon worthy of great attention. Generally speaking, dialects, as a local language, have distinct regional colors and regional restrictions, and songs sung in dialects are difficult to spread in areas other than dialects. However, Cantopop songs are an exception. Dialects not only did not affect the spread of Cantopop songs, but also made Cantopop songs unique and highly respected. Even under the drive of Hong Kong pop culture, learning Cantonese and singing Cantonese songs once became a fashion for people to chase. Such cultural phenomenon is worth thinking and exploring.