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The basic characteristic of folk song writing and singing

It is improvisation. Folk song composition and singing to improvisation as a basic feature, the same folk song tunes due to different lyrics, can be played on the fly. There are variations and innovations. Chinese folk songs are the collective oral poetry of the working people. Folk songs, that is, folk ballads, belong to a form of folk literature, can be sung or recited, mostly in rhyme. Chinese folk songs are one of the national folk music genres in China, which is the art of song produced and developed by the people through extensive oral singing in the practice of life.