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An Analysis and Interpretation of Dear

中原大學 / 音樂產業碩士學位學程 / Author:CHEN, XIAO-AN

The core concept of music creation is to present the world of one's feelings with melody and words. Music can move hundreds of thousands of people, and the moving lyrics and rhythms are the feelings that arise from the understanding of the world. For creators, the moment of perceiving is the key to move people, creation is contributed to feelings.

This research paper analyzes the author's creative album " Dear", conducting research on the creative concept and arrangement. " Dear" is composed with the theme of emotion acceptance. The themes of the songs are related to the changes in mind during the process of growth, recording the process of the shy creator who is brave to express himself.

There are seven chapters in this dissertation, Chapter 1 is the introduction: from the origin of research, the motivation of research to the methods of research, explaining why the author started the creation, the purpose of the creation and how to conduct the research. Chapter 2 is literature review: to explore the sensibility and rationality in music creation and the musical elements in the arrangement, through the reading of literature to establish the basic concept of music creation. Chapter 3 is creation and practice: it explains the concept of the album and the method of creation and arrangement. Chapters 4, 5, and 6 are the analysis of the songs: included two parts to explain the concept, one is the creative conception and the other is the method of arrangement, analyzed by way of song paragraphs, and then returned to the album concept. Chapter 7 is the conclusion: describing the mental process of the album production, and examining the research, as well as preparing for the future.