What are the three main genres of folk songs?

The three main genres of folk songs are: the bugle (labor bugle), the mountain song, and the ditty (ditty).

1. The labor bugle is called "bugle" for short, often called "yell bugle" in the north and "shout bugle" in the south.

The horn is directly accompanied by physical labor, and labor rhythms closely match the folk song. It is produced in the labor process, directly for the production of labor services, a true reflection of the labor situation and the mental outlook of the workers, its musical image of rough and bold, solid and powerful, is an indispensable organic part of certain physical labor.

2. Mountain songs are songs sung impromptu when people are working in the fields or expressing their emotions. It has a wide range of content, short structure, tuneful, simple emotions, high, free rhythm.

The mountain songs are mainly concentrated in the plateau, the hinterland, mountain villages, fishing villages and other areas. They are widely circulated and rich in flavor. Mountain song is one of the basic genres of Chinese folk songs. It refers to the folk songs with free rhythm and long melody which are circulated in the highland, mountainous and hilly areas and are sung by people for self-entertainment in traveling, chopping wood, grazing, cutting grass or at folk songs.

3, ditty, Chinese Han folk song genre category. Generally refers to the Han folk songs and dances popular in towns and cities. After generations of circulation, in the art of more processing, with a balanced structure, rhythmic regularity, tune delicate, Wan soft and so on.

Expanded Information:

Chinese folk music is an ancient and evergreen tree in the forest of the world's folk music, and it is the pride of our Chinese descendants. It stands tall in the East of the world with its rich and bright flowers and fruits, its deep and long history and traditions, and its unique and diversified colorful styles.

China's folk music is a vast sea, each nation has its own proud, long-lived folk songs, folk songs are part of the splendid culture of the Chinese nation, the 56 nationalities of the Chinese family have an ancient history, a long civilization and a splendid culture.

The fertile soil of the Divine Land nurtures excellent folk songs, simple, melodious, bright, wonderful, pleasant to the ear, moving, fascinating, as with other arts, the art of folk song is equally profound, the same has a unique rhyme drums palm and strong vitality.

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