What types of folk songs are there?

Folk songs, labor songs, Tian Ge, towns? "minor", two voices.

1, folk songs.

Folk songs refer to songs that people improvise when they are working in the fields or expressing their feelings. Its content is extensive, its structure is short, its tune is bright, its emotion is simple, its sound is high and its rhythm is free. Folk songs are mainly distributed in plateau, inland, mountain villages, fishing villages and ethnic minority areas.

2. Work number.

Labor chant is a folk song produced and applied to labor, which has the practical function of coordinating and directing labor. In the process of labor, especially the labor with strong collective cooperation, in order to unify the pace, adjust breathing and release the pressure of physical load, workers often shout or call.

3. rice area? Tian Ge.

Tian Ge, also known as a song, field, etc., is a traditional folk song sung by the majority of rice farmers in the Yangtze River and Pearl River basins during transplanting, weeding, transporting water and digging. In these areas, working people usually have to plant for two or three seasons, which is very labor-intensive. So they naturally have a spontaneous request to adjust their mood and relieve fatigue by singing.

4. town? "minor"

Minor (or ditty) is a genre of folk songs widely spread in towns and markets. For a long time, through the processing and tempering of professional and semi-professional folk artists in cities and towns, a series of theme features have been formed, such as unified structure, regular rhythm, delicate tunes and diverse theme contents.

5. Yunling Double tone.

The parts used in "two-tone" folk songs are mostly dense intervals of the same degree, second degree, third degree, fourth degree and fifth degree. The appearance and application of these harmonies are not accidental, but conscious choices after long-term singing practice. Its unique color has become the most obvious feature of China's two-part folk songs.

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