From oral tradition to mediatization? The transmission of folk music in the chilean region of Ñuble from the experience of seven male and female singers of the region

Abstract

This study, using a qualitative narrative inquiry research design, describes the experiences of seven folk music artists of the Chilean region of Ñuble about their learning and transmission of folk music. Given the traditional conception of the musical folklore as an element of rural life and oral tradition, as well as the level of mediatization, technological and social development experienced by the Chilean society in the last decades, the following work intents to corroborate and describe if folk music artists of the Chilean region of Ñuble 1) learn, receive, and transmit folk music only through oral tradition; 2) learn, receive, and transmit folk music not only through the oral tradition but also through mediatization; 3) learn, receive, and transmit folk music only through mediatization.