How to appreciate folk music?

Folk songs used to be small-scale songs. In recent years, due to the Internet, some folk songs and singers have become popular all over the country.

In my memory, "Nan Shan Nan" is the most popular song, while "Miss Dong" is popular because of the singing competition of happy boys, followed by folk singer, Donye. S, Ma Di and his music label Ma Youye became popular together. More people begin to listen to folk songs, which is of course a good thing for folk singers. At least in future songs, we can not give too much play to the elements of "wandering", "material" and "girl".

The way to appreciate folk songs is different from other music appreciation methods. If a folk song doesn't move you, you have to try listening to it again. Maybe after the second time, you can appreciate the story in the song. The focus of folk songs should be "word" rather than "law", so the quality of words can largely determine the quality of this folk song. Jonathan Lee's The Hill has been covered countless times, and he has also sung it on many occasions. Anyone who knows him a little will know that Jonathan Lee occasionally has flaws in his singing, but it is often these flaws that prove the classic lyrics of this song.

Let's look at Chengdu, a very popular song last year. Do you think the melody of this song is amazing? No, very basic chord playing and singing, but why do so many people like it? I think it's because the lyrics moved the audience. Folk songs are like expressing the singer's story in the form of songs, focusing on telling stories.

Therefore, to appreciate folk songs, we need to start with words. However, if such singers take part in singing competitions, they will often suffer, because there is not much room for their singing skills.