What types of songs are there?

Chinese Han folk songs are distinguished by their musical characteristics, which can be summarized into three categories: bugles, mountain songs and ditties.

I. Labor Horns: Carrying Horns, Engineering Horns, Agricultural Horns, Workshop Horns, Boat Fishing Horns.

Second, mountain songs: grazing mountain songs, field rice-planting mountain songs, general mountain songs (albatrosses, flowers, mountain songs, mountain climbing, God's song)

Third, ditties:

1, ditties evolved from Ming and Qing dynasty popular songs (Meng Jiangnu ditties, flower ditties, embroidered purse ditties, indigo cutting ditties)

2, local ditties.

3. Songs and Dances (Flower Drum Tune, Lantern Tune, Flower Lantern Tune, Tea Picking Tune, Yangge Tune, Dry Boat Running)

Expanded Information:

The Characteristics of Shan Songs

Lyrics of Shan Songs: Reflecting every aspect of rural life, the lyrics are written in seven-character lines, and the songs are improvised. The lyrics are mainly composed in seven-character phrases, with more frequent use of liner notes. The combination of liner notes and free prolongation or trailing cadences creates the unique characteristics of Shan Songs.

The music of the songs is unrestrained and loud and clear. The free prolongation of the tone and the trailing accent are widely used. The combination of free prolongation and the call-out phrases at the beginning and end of the song forms the front or back cadence, which is a unique feature of the song.

Singing forms: solo singing is the most common, but there are also duets, several people singing, singing in unison, and one leading the crowd and so on.