What is the difference between American country music and Chinese folk music?

1. Country music (country music) is a kind of popular music with American national characteristics, which emerged in the southern United States in the 1920s, and its roots come from the English ballad, which is the representative of white American national music.

2. Chinese folk music is not a musicological definition, but more of a sociological one. It can be roughly considered that the ballad is popular music, or commodity music.

Second, the characteristics are different

1, country music is characterized by simple tunes, smooth rhythm, with narrative, with a strong local flavor, friendly and enthusiastic without losing the popular elements.

2. Chinese folk music: a wide range of audiences, so that many people in the case of no knowledge of music theory, to fully enjoy the beautiful experience brought by music, and thus widely spread.

Extended Information

Origin

The name emerged in the United States in the 1920s, and it has a wide range of origins. At that time, the content of the songs, in addition to the expression of the labor life, disgusted with the lonely life of wandering, yearning for a warm, peaceful home, singing about sweet love as well as the pain of lost love and so on.

In 1925, a radio station was established in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. They started a column program called "Opera of the Past - The Old Country Sound." An 81-year-old folk singer named Jamie Thompson was invited to sing, and the program was very well received by listeners.

From then on, people collectively called this music "country music". Country music has become one of the most popular forms of music for working people in the United States. In the United States, "blue collar" refers to the lower class, so this music is also known as "blue collar music.

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