Song Ga-in Featured in Textbook: Trot Music Makes History in Education
Song Ga-in Featured in Textbook
"For the First Time Ever, Trot Appears in Music Class!"
A Female Singer Carving History with the Power of Tradition – ‘Gain Yeora’ Included in Middle School Textbook
"Gain Yeora, Now Sung in Classrooms Too!"
Singer Song Ga-in has written a new page in the history of Korean popular music. Her signature song, ‘Gain Yeora,’ has been officially included in a middle school music textbook (Park Youngsa ‘Music 2’). This marks the first time the trot genre has been featured in a Korean music textbook.
The textbook doesn't just include the lyrics or her name. It's designed so students can directly experience and learn trot techniques and ‘sigimsae’ (Korean ornamental notes). It says, "Mark the shaking notes, bending notes, crescendo, and diminuendo on the score, and sing and present the song, bringing out the ‘sigimsae’ of trot."
This inclusion holds significance beyond simply listing a popular song. Song Ga-in, an artist who majored in Korean traditional music (pansori), is a leading figure who has incorporated Korea's unique musical roots into traditional trot.
She led the public to rediscover trot through TV Chosun's ‘Miss Trot,’ and since then, numerous audition programs and younger trot stars have followed her path. It is said that “the current trot renaissance began with Song Ga-in.”
"Trot is My Root and Identity"
Song Ga-in said in a recent interview for the release of her 4th full-length album ‘Gain; Dal,’ “Traditional trot and pansori have a lot in common. It’s a genre that I can’t separate myself from. I will never let it go.”
This statement was not just an artistic declaration. As a result of the path of ‘tradition’ she has maintained leading to education, the younger generation is now learning trot through ‘textbooks.’
Someone rode the trend, someone left a mark in history. Song Ga-in is not a 'singer who made trot popular again,' but a 'singer who made it be learned again.' It is the moment when trot has become the language of cultural education beyond entertainment.
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Source :https://blog.naver.com/snack_blog/224057391572
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