Brief introduction of northwest folk songs

Folk songs are mostly collective creations that are constantly processed and perfected by the masses through oral communication. Its musical language is concise, its musical image is vivid and vivid, and its expression techniques are rich and varied. Common folk song genre materials are: labor songs, folk songs, minor, children's songs, folk songs and so on.

Northwest folk songs refer to folk songs popular in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai and central and western Inner Mongolia. Among them, "Huaer" and "Xintianyou" are the most representative.

Huaer is a popular folk song in Qinghai, Gansu and Ningxia. Its basic characteristics are: high and long melody, singing with falsetto or true and false voice.

Xintianyou is a popular folk song in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia. There are two kinds of melodies: one is free rhythm, the melody is high and wide, and it fluctuates greatly; The other is the one with neat rhythm, rigorous structure, smooth melody and delicate emotional expression. Xintianyou is a masterpiece carved with an old hammer on the loess plateau in northwest China, and it is a wonderful flower between the Yellow River in Huang Po. A high-pitched, very sonorous, sweeping away the decadent voice; It's refreshing to hear.