What does not belong to the Northwest Folk Songs is

Yangge is a popular and representative folk dance widely circulated in China, with different titles and styles in different regions, and does not belong to the type of Northwest Folk Song.

Northwest folk songs refer to folk songs popular in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai and other provinces. Among them, the most representative are "Huaer" and "Xintianyou". The most important thing is the influence of geographical conditions, the Northwest sparsely populated land wide windy environment created the Northwest people rough and bold character. Coupled with the usual leisure, more opportunities to show their singing voice. Northwest of the savage tune and other tunes are very suitable for the open mountains to sing joyfully.

Northwest folk song classification:

Northwest folk song has a variety of classification. According to the form of genre, it can be roughly categorized into three categories: bugle (including porter's bugle, boatman's bugle, workshop bugle, etc.), mountain song (including general mountain song, grazing mountain song, rice-planting mountain song, etc.), and dirge (including ballad, tune of the hour, custom and ritual songs, dance songs, etc.). In some scholars' treatises, folk songs are subdivided into bugles, mountain songs, herding songs, rice-planting songs, boat songs, nursery rhymes, ditties, and custom and ritual songs. The classification of genres helps to recognize and study the relationship between folk songs and people's lives, the social functions of folk songs, and the methods and characteristics of musical expression.

Classification according to the stylistic colors of nationalities and regions. There are 56 nationalities in China, and due to the differences in their historical traditions, linguistic characteristics, and living customs, the styles and colors of folk songs of different nationalities are far apart. Some of the ethnic groups that are more numerous and live in a wider area, such as the Han, Mongolian, Tibetan, Zhuang, Uyghur and other ethnic groups, can also be divided into a number of color zones according to the musical characteristics of their folk songs in different regions. For example, Han folk songs can be roughly divided into Northwest China, North China, Northeast China, Southwest China, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Taiwan, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu and Huaihua 8 color areas, of which the first 3 areas belong to the northern slice, the 4th to 6th belong to the southern slice, the 7th and 8th belong to the north-south transition area. There are also the southern piece and the transition area is divided into Yun Gui Qian, Sichuan, Xiang E, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Taiwan and other four regions. Divided into different ways, each has its own basis.

The classification of style and color helps to understand and study the style and color of folk songs and the relationship between music and folklore. Classification according to the content of the theme helps to recognize and study the relationship between the content and form of folk songs and other issues. In addition, there are also categorized according to the period of historical development, or out of the need for a particular topic of study and special classification.