My example of globalization will be piano lessons. Piano lessons are very common now. Although piano lessons has always existed in the past, the piano lessons of the past are very different from what it is now.
In the past, piano lessons are conducted individually. Nowadays, there are piano lessons in classes. It is a very mechanical and efficient process. The lesson plan is fixed. And people just attend the lessons, pay the fees once a month, and take exams. There is a focus on efficiency. 'Musical ability' is a product that is being sold.
People all around the world is graded by a same standard. Exams are conducted by ABRSM (The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) using the same syllabus.
From their website, "Welcome to The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, the world's leading music examining board. Over 620,000 candidates take our music exams each year in more than 90 countries around the world."
Many children are taking piano lessons. They do not have a choice as it is their parents who insisted on them taking it. More often than not, their parents have no prior muscial background. They want their children to take piano lessons because having musical abilities are seen as 'high class'. They get this notion from the media and society. It is globalization of values.
Leonard Huang
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