Multilingual Audio Database of Spoken and Sung Lyrics from Songs in Oral Tradition (Bai Database [Southern Bai Dialect])

The "Multilingual Audio Database of Spoken and Sung Lyrics from Songs in Oral Tradition" collects audio recordings of commonly used words in some of China’s minority languages that refer to music and dance genres and activities. At the moment, the Database includes Yi Central dialect, Northeast Yunnan Miao and Southern Bai dialect. Taking the audio recordings of words used in spoken and sung lyrics as its central point, the Database connects these words to their corresponding written scripts: Chinese, English and International Phonetic Alphabet. (please visit database website ECura for full information; or the backup website Bai Audio Database – Everyone is a Curator: Digitally Empowering Ethnic Minority Music Sustainability in China) You can also access the full materials through smartphone ECurator app. You can download the ECurator app for free through Google Play ECurator - Apps on Google Play or through App Store ‎ECurator App - App Store The ECurator app is also accessible through WeChat Mini-program if you have digital social media platform WeChat on your smartphone. The Bai Database (as part of displays the square Bai script found in Dabenqu, along with its Chinese and English translations, accompanied by audio of the text, as well as International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and Pinyin transcriptions to enhance its audibility and readability for a broader audience. The Dabenqu performances, together with recordings in Bai script and pinyin, have been primarily documented by Yang Sen, a provincial-level representative inheritor of this musical tradition in Yunnan. CONTRIBUTORS Audio (Sen Yang); Chinese Text (Sen Yang杨森, Keyi Liu刘可意); Bai Text (Sen Yang杨森), English translation (Xuemei Li李雪梅, Hongqiao Zhu朱泓桥); IPA (Sen Yang杨森, Haizhen Guo郭海珍). Database Design & Management: Lijuan Qian钱丽娟. Database Technician: Kai Zhao赵恺. Database Entry Editing: Keyi Liu刘可意, Xi Zhang张曦, Tingting Tang唐婷婷, Tianyu Liu刘天宇, Yalun Yang杨雅伦, Shangcheng Ye叶上诚, Decheng Shao绍德诚.