What kind of music is there? What is the difference?

Music can be divided into classical music, folk music, original music, modern music (including pop music) and so on.

The differences are as follows:

1. Classical music depends on acoustic instruments, and the sounds made by these instruments have not been changed by electronic means, such as trumpet, violin and piano; Pop music often uses electric guitars and bass, electronic synthesizers and computers. Folk music is played with simple instruments, such as stringed instruments, and even dance music and steps. The original ecological music generally adopts the original ecological musical instruments of the nation.

2. Classical music depends more on the score prepared in advance, so a musical work (such as symphony) is a fixed entity to some extent; Pop music relies more on oral and auditory communication, and the soundtrack of each performance is different. We seldom see players reading music at pop concerts. The scores of folk music and original ecological music are still playing forms, both of which have strong national and regional characteristics.

3. Classical music is mainly instrumental music, though not completely. It expresses meaning through musical language and atmosphere. Most pop music needs to express the connotation of music through lyrics or lyrics. Folk music and original music are generally combined with local folk customs and activities.

4. Classical music generally takes a long time and contains a variety of artistic conception, so the audience must concentrate for a long time; Most popular music is relatively short, with an average length of only three or four minutes, and each song only expresses one tone from beginning to end. The length of folk music is uncertain, depending on the content of the song.

Extended data

According to the melody style

classical music

The word "classic" comes from Latin, originally referring to the upper class in Roman society, and then escaped to the achievements of human beings with universal and eternal value. In foreign countries, this type of music is called "classical music", and "classic" means "classical, orthodox and classical literature".

Therefore, people in China call it "classical music", or more precisely "western classical music". First of all, conceptually, "classical music" is the name of a music category. However, even abroad, there are many different explanations for the specific meaning of the word "classical music", among which the main objection comes from the different concepts of the division of the era of "classical music":

1. Based on the universal and eternal artistic value beyond the times and the highest expression of music art, the music that has permanent artistic value and can be regarded as a model of contemporary and future generations is collectively called "classical music". According to this standard, classical music is also called "serious music" or "artistic music" to distinguish pop music.

2. It refers to the period of classical music from 1750 to 1820.

The style of classical music was formed in the gradual disappearance of baroque music, melted in the gradual formation of romantic music, and experienced the transition from baroque music to early classical music. Among many music schools, the representative figures of Vienna Classical Music School are Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.

(2) Pop music

Pop music is translated from English pop music. According to the superficial understanding of Chinese vocabulary, the so-called pop music refers to instrumental music and songs that are short in structure, popular in content, lively in form and sincere in emotion, loved by the masses, widely sung or appreciated, and even spread to future generations.

These music and songs are rooted in the fertile soil of public life. Therefore, it is also called "pop music". However, such a definition may make music that does not belong to pop music, such as The Internationale, March of the Volunteers, La Marseillaise, Waves in Hong Hushui, Singing the Motherland, Dongfanghong and Nanniwan, be classified as pop music just because they are also widely circulated among the masses.

On the other hand, those music that are obviously popular are excluded from pop music because they cannot spread (which is also quite a lot in pop music). Obviously, pop music is not always popular, and pop music is not just pop music. The accurate concept of pop music should be commercial music, which refers to music created for profit.

It is a commercial music entertainment and all the "industrial" phenomena related to it. (See the Encyclopedia Dictionary of Music of the former Soviet Union (version 1990). Its marketability is the first and its artistry is the second.

(3) National music

In a broad sense, it refers to the music school that is full of national color or advocates nationalism in the middle and late period of romanticism.

In a narrow sense, it refers to Chinese folk music.

The so-called national music in China is the music with national characteristics, which can reflect the national culture and national spirit, and is created by various nationalities who have lived and multiplied in this land of China for generations. China music in a broad sense refers to music with pentatonic characteristics in the world.

China's national music art is a very distinctive art form in the world. In the course of thousands of years of civilization, the Chinese nation has created a large number of excellent national music cultures and formed a profound and rich national music system.

This system plays an important role in world music. If we want to know about China music, we can't just sing some China songs and listen to some traditional music. We should also study China's music and understand China's music from national, historical and regional perspectives, so as to truly understand the connotation of China's music and its position and historical value in the world music system.

China national music is divided into: folk songs, folk song and dance music, folk instrumental music, folk rap music and folk opera music.

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