What are the three types of folk songs?

The genre of folk songs includes: chant (labor chant), folk songs and ditty.

1. Labor chant is called "chant" for short, and it is often called "big chant" in the north and "shouting chant" in the south.

Chant is a kind of folk song that is directly accompanied by manual labor and closely cooperates with the labor rhythm. It is produced in the process of labor, directly serves productive labor, and truly reflects the working conditions and mental outlook of laborers. Its musical image is rough, heroic, solid and powerful, and it is an indispensable organic part of some manual labor.

2. Folk songs refer to songs that people improvise when they are working in the fields or expressing their feelings. Its content is extensive, its structure is short, its tune is bright, its emotion is simple, its sound is high and its rhythm is free.

Folk songs are mainly distributed in plateau, inland, mountain villages and fishing villages. It is widely distributed and rich in reserves. Folk songs are one of the basic genres of China folk songs. Generally speaking, it refers to folk songs with free rhythm and long melody that spread in plateau, mountainous area and hilly area, and people entertain themselves when walking, cutting firewood, grazing and mowing grass.

3. Minor, a genre of Han folk songs in China. Generally speaking, it refers to the Han folk song and dance ditty popular in town fairs. After being passed down through the ages, it has undergone more processing in art, with the characteristics of balanced structure, regular rhythm, delicate melody and softness.

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China's national folk music is an ancient and evergreen towering tree in the world's national music forest, and it is the pride of our Chinese people. It stands proudly in the east of the world with its rich and splendid flowers and fruits, profound and long historical traditions and unique and diverse color characteristics.

China's national folk music is a sea of Wang Yang, and each nation has its own proud and long-standing folk songs. Folk songs are an integral part of the splendid culture of the Chinese nation. The 56 ethnic groups in the big family of the Chinese nation have an ancient history, distant civilization and splendid culture.

The excellent folk songs bred from this fertile soil in China are simple and melodious, lively and beautiful, pleasing to the ear, touching and fascinating. Like other arts, folk song art is profound, with unique rhyme and applause and strong vitality.

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