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.《口传传统歌曲吟诵与咏唱歌词多语种音频数据库》（Multilingual Audio Database of Spoken and Sung Lyrics from Songs in Oral Tradition）收录了中国部分少数民族语言中用于指代音乐、舞蹈品类及相关活动的常用词汇音频录音。目前，该数据库涵盖彝语中部方言、滇东北苗语及白语南部方言。本数据库以吟诵与咏唱歌词所用词汇的音频录音为核心，将这些词汇与对应书面文本进行关联，涵盖中文、英文及国际音标（International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA）三种形式。 如需获取完整信息，请访问数据库官网ECura，或访问备用网站《白族音频数据库——人人皆馆长：数字化赋能中国少数民族音乐可持续发展》。 您还可通过智能手机端的ECurator应用获取完整素材。您可通过Google Play商店（ECurator - Apps on Google Play）或App Store（ECurator App - App Store）免费下载ECurator应用；若您的智能手机搭载微信数字社交平台，也可通过微信小程序访问ECurator应用。 白族数据库作为本数据库的组成部分，展示了大本曲中的方块白文，附带其中文、英文译释，搭配文本音频，同时辅以国际音标与汉语拼音转写，以提升内容的可听性与可读性，覆盖更广泛的受众群体。大本曲表演及白文、汉语拼音录音资料，主要由云南省该音乐传统省级代表性传承人杨森整理记录。 贡献者： 音频制作：杨森（Sen Yang）；中文文本：杨森、刘可意（Keyi Liu）；白文文本：杨森；英文译释：李雪梅（Xuemei Li）、朱泓桥（Hongqiao Zhu）；国际音标转写：杨森、郭海珍（Haizhen Guo）；数据库设计与管理：钱丽娟（Lijuan Qian）；数据库技术支持：赵恺（Kai Zhao）；数据库条目编辑：刘可意、张曦（Xi Zhang）、唐婷婷（Tingting Tang）、刘天宇（Tianyu Liu）、杨雅伦（Yalun Yang）、叶上诚（Shangcheng Ye）、绍德诚（Decheng Shao）。