The Urban "Nomadic"

Huun-Huur-Tu is a band from Tuva.Tuva 's traditional folk songs,singing methods and musical instruments are the core elements of its music.Huun-Huur-Tu is also a "nomad" band,and they toured between cities and used music to develop their own "nomadic" world.Huun-Huur-Tu is also a diversified band.The diversification of music styles,communication methods,and musical activities has made them active to this day.Tuva is located in the center of Asia,surrounded by mountains,form a relatively closed and rich species environment.As a result,traditional culture is preserved in a complete manner and possesses a variety of sound materials.It also gave birth to Tuwa people's unique sound world,singing methods and traditional musical instruments,which have also become the source of Huun-Huur-Tu.The performance and teaching of Huun-Huur-Tu also made it better inherited.The Tuva lived by water and grass,"nomad" was an indispensable part of them.The Huun-Huur-Tu also expressed the "nomad" element through touring methods and sound effects.Since its establishment in 1992,Huun-Huur-Tu has begun its journey around the world with Tuva 's national music elements.They stepped out of their own "nomadic" world and pushed Tuva music to the world.Its footprint has spread to more than 30 countries and regions in the world and has a wide reputation.Huun-Huur-Tu not only meets the audience's demand for listening to Tuva music,but also greatly expands the scope of the audience group,so that Tuva music has been more widely spread.With the influence of social trends and the aesthetic changes of the audience,the Huun-Huur-Tu who active in the city has been constantly changing and innovating during inheritance,which has brought an influential influence on the inheritance and development of Tuva music culture.Over the past 20 years,the band has undergone many changes.The composition has changed four times,and the music style,music communication methods,and music activities have also gradually diversified.Today's Huun-Huur-Tu presents a unique music style based on Tuva folk music,which combines a variety of styles.In addition to regular tours,the band also participates in film soundtracks,conducts music exchange meetings,master classes and other activities,and strives to promote the Tuva music culture through a wider range of aspects.The music style and operation model of Huun-Huur-Tu has opened up a new development direction for Tuva music,and also provides a new development direction for national music culture,making the vitality of folk music still vigorous in today'scontext.This paper is based on fieldwork data and related literature,and guided by ethnomusicological methods.Through in-depth analysis of the band 's origins,music activities,performance venues,and musical styles,from The diversified perspective of folk music describes the Huun-Huur-Tu under the background of contemporary urbanization and informatization,and peeks into the new development direction of folk music in today's social context.