What are the melody characteristics of Chinese classical music?

Chinese classical music has many melodic features. The following are some common functions:

1. Five-tone melody: The melody characteristics of China ancient music are based on five tones, namely, Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng and Yu. The tone quality and expressive force of these five scales are different, forming the unique melody characteristics of ancient music.

2. Artistic conception and cavity rhyme: These two traditions dominate the melody characteristics of China's original music. Artistic conception is the same concept across China's poetry, music and art, and the core of artistic conception creation is that you can't give too many hints. If there are too many hints, there is no room for "meaning" creation. But without hints, "meaning" cannot be created. In this regard, words and images are easy to visualize, and attention should be paid to leaving blank. Music, on the other hand, is naturally abstract, and basically only worries about not enough hints, not too many hints.