What exactly is a ballad

Songs popular among the people and given a national color are called ballads or folk songs.

Ballads have a long history, so their authors are mostly unknown. The content of ballads is rich, including religion, love, war, work, drinking, dancing, music, ceremonies and so on.

Ballads express the feelings and habits of a nation, so each has its own unique scale and mood style. For example, the exuberance of the French ballad, the passion of the Italian ballad, the simplicity of the English ballad, the grief of the Japanese ballad, the wildness of the Spanish ballad, and the sorrowfulness of the Chinese ballad all express a strong national temperament and color.

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Categorization of ballads

1. Germanic ballads

The melodies of popular songs and terroir music had a great influence on what happened to German folk music, and both popular songs and terroir music were part of their outdoor life and group activities.

2. Dutch Folk Music

German folk music is not only passed down in Germany, but in fact, it is also prevalent in several countries around the North Sea. Holland is one of them, mainly because the countries neighboring Germany in the north, their language and customs are similar to Germany, so the German folk music is naturally accepted by them.

3, Swedish ballads

Swedish ballads, it is said that in 1631 was collected by the people, which recounts the ancient warrior's story of valor for the most, the tune of the majestic, exciting and inspiring.

4. Ballads of Wales

The traditional music of Wales is mostly based on harp tunes, including ballads, dances, chants, hymns, and most of them are accompanied by the harp.

5, Italian folk music

Italian folk music, most of the melody is passionate and beautiful and accompanied by harmony, because of its music is moving, has now spread around the world. The accordion and the six-stringed organ are the main instruments used to accompany such songs, which can also be said to be the characteristics of Italian folk music.

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