The difference between folk music and pop music

Strictly speaking, folk music and pop music are not two equivalent concepts at the same level. Because our so-called national music contains a lot of "pop music" in history, that is, music widely circulated among ordinary people. For example, the tunes of China in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, such as coloratura and Meng Jiangnv, could be called "pop music" at that time. I can understand that when you say pop music, you mean a kind of music that is widely circulated among city residents. In fact, this kind of music has never been divorced from national music. For example, rock and roll, we can regard it as the "national music" of Europe or Americans. Similarly, China's pop songs, whether rock or lyric, have absorbed the elements of national folk music to varying degrees, so that they can really be widely spread. I can cite many examples about this, such as Sisters Drum, Banquet, Sugar-coated Hulu, Little Pink, Visit Home Often, etc., which were popular in the past two years, all of which incorporated the traditional folk music factors of various ethnic groups and regions in China. Let's make a comparison. European-style symphonies and grand operas have been introduced to China for nearly a hundred years, but so far only a few people can accept them. Thus, China's pop music must be rooted in the fertile soil of China's national folk music in order to gain strong vitality. I wonder if I made myself clear.

Compared with national music, pop music is closer to wild, willful and romantic freedom, with strong characteristics of the times. Not limited by general rhythm and melody. In order to express a specific mood and emotion, you can use excessive audio or even noise. Pop music gradually absorbed some expressions of western music in its own genre. However, when it felt a little confused, it silently moved its creative method to national music. This is a kind of "trendy music" in Japan, in which some electroacoustics are added to folk music. For another example, the sound disc of Birds in the Clouds well retains the national characteristics, draws lessons from western creative methods, and modernizes the performance of musical instruments such as bamboo seedlings and birds, making the music creation appear real, vivid and touching. The modern arrangement of Fishing Boat Singing Late is even more unique. Many professional folk singers began to sing pop songs, making pop songs more relaxed and unique, which is also a wise choice for the development of pop music.

On the other hand, the emergence of pop music and its influence on national music, in a sense, is an impact and an inspiration. Faced with lively, fresh and passionate pop music, folk music, with its mature and eclectic attitude, calmly and steadily moved towards the initial stage. Tracing back to the source, pop music and folk music are actually one family, both of which are rooted in folk music art. When any art school is not rooted in the soil of its own national characteristics, it will definitely go from popularity to loss, and then gradually disappear. Therefore, the creative thinking of traditional folk music, combined with the techniques and methods of contemporary pop music, will make the music art that should not have been divided, recognized by people and gradually formed in our creation.