Study on Water Related Music Works—A Case Study in Gaomei Wetland

Abstract

Wetland environment plays an essential role in integrated watershed management and has been studied from different perspectives ranging from ecology to tourism. However, there is still little research on the relationship between wetland environmental characteristics and music works. On the belief that music works can be part of wetland environment conservation, the present research explored the possibility to characterize wetland environments with music works. It was focus on the perception of local residents towards to a wetland in terms of music works. It was a case study in Gaomei Wetland, Taiwan, which is a coastal wetland. There are 3 hypotheses in this work: (1) there is a significant difference in the music types selected for the image of the wetland by the locals in different ages and living with different distances from the wetland; (2) there a significant difference in the music speed and rhythm selected by the locals in different ages and living with different distances from the wetland; (3) there is a preference on the music segments by the locals who are older and living closer to the wetland. Through survey conducted on-site, some interesting findings were obtained and presented in this paper.