笔者按:“歌唱何以令人感动?”这个问题究竟有没有意义?是否有必要对此发问?有人说,“歌唱本身就是为了感动人、本身就是感动人的,这根本就是一个伪命题!”故而,我想从多元文化的角度对此作一回应,许多民族音乐学研究个案显示,歌唱具有多重功能和效力,并因其所属文化语境的不同而有所差异——对于文达人(Venda)来说,歌唱是与逝去祖灵沟通的方式1;对于土布卡人(Tumbuka),歌唱可以令族 Is there any meaning for this question? Is it necessary to ask this question? Some people say that “the singing itself is to touch people, which is moving people, which is simply a pseudo Proposition! ”Therefore, I would like to respond to this from a multicultural perspective. Many ethnomusicological studies show that singing has multiple functions and effects and varies according to the cultural context to which it belongs - For Venda, singing is the way to communicate with the lost ancestor.1 For Tumbuka, singing can make a family