What are the folk songs?

China folk songs are very rich, in breadth, the number of songs is very large; In terms of depth, the same type of folk songs are more and more representative and characteristic. China folk songs can be divided into several categories:

1. Divided by ethnic style: China has Han nationality and 56 ethnic minorities, so it can be divided into 57 categories. .

Mongolian folk songs are very famous. Mongolian folk songs are divided into long tunes and short tunes according to their musical characteristics. Long tune has free rhythm, long breath, slow speed and wide range. Short-tune rhythm is clear and regular, and the speed is light. Ma Touqin is often used as an accompaniment instrument. The representative work "Pastoral".

Uygur folk songs also have a unique style. Uygur folk songs have a wide range of genres, including love, labor, history and customs. Modal verbs are often used in symbols, quotient, feather and palace modality. Love to use percussion instruments to set off a cheerful atmosphere. Such as "Alamu Khan".

Tibetan folk songs are long in tone, wide in range and free in rhythm. Songs give people an open-minded and distant feeling. Like young friends.

Kazakh folk songs are dominated by five-tone palace mode and feather mode, with mixed beats. Kazakh folk songs are bold, sonorous, loud, broad and full of passion. "Immobile pull" is a Kazakh folk plucked instrument. Such as "Maira"

The most representative types of Korean folk songs are lyrical euphemism, natural and smooth melody, regular rhythm and strong sense of rhythm. Long and short rhythms are combined with percussion instruments such as long drums. The familiar Arirang is a Korean folk song.

2. Regionally, there are 23 provincial capital cities in China. Geographically, folk songs are mainly divided into two styles: North and South. Most songs in the north are as bold, bold and rough as people in the north. Southern folk songs are tactfully delicate, peaceful and soft, fresh and moving.

3. Han folk songs are divided into folk songs, folk songs and minor.

According to different types of labor, labor songs can be divided into handling songs, engineering songs, workshop songs, boat songs and so on. The image depicts the working scene and mood. For example, Jiangsu's carrying chant "The pole is not afraid of bending the pole", Zhejiang Haining's Cheshui chant, Zigong Salt Field, and Sichuan Salt Worker's chant.

Folk songs include general folk songs, pastoral folk songs, field folk songs and love folk songs. Pastoral folk songs are songs teased and sung by herdsmen, livestock and herdsmen. The singers are mostly shepherds, lively and vivid, such as Shaanxi folk song "Sacrificing the Spirit". Field folk songs are folk songs that add interest to field work such as transplanting rice seedlings, and are mostly lively and simple. Love ballads depict the sincere and passionate love between men and women.

Slight reaction can be the content of people's life in all fields of society. Minor is soft, euphemistic and delicate; The rhythm of minor melody is changeable, regular and orderly, and all flexible changes are in the rhythm; In segmented singing, although the lyrics of each paragraph are different, the interlining and cavity are exactly the same, and the whole work has unity and regularity. Such as the Shandong folk song "Yimeng Mountain Minor".