What are the characteristics of folk music in the 20th century?

The characteristic of Chinese music school is that many works are mainly in big and small tones.

In terms of modes, many works of national music school mainly focus on major and minor, and at the same time, various modes and scales unique to national folk music are inserted, such as various folk natural modes, minor with fourth or seventh tones, pentatonic scale, alternating major and minor tones, and a small number of full-scale scales.

In melody, they not only have their own different national styles and personality characteristics; At the same time, it also has the characteristics of * * *. For example, melody lines are mostly carried out in natural sounds, which is different from the common inflection in late romantic music and gives people a simple and cordial feeling.

The influence of national music schools;

The music of the 20th century folk music school is similar to that of the19th century folk music school: both of them attach importance to the use of folk music materials and draw nutrition from them, thus contributing to the development of their respective national music cultures. Therefore, in a certain sense, the 20th century folk music school can be regarded as the continuation and development of the19th century folk music school.

In some composers' works, this inheritance relationship is more obvious and direct. For example, Janacek inherited the tradition of Czech composer De Vozak and was strongly influenced by Russian composer Musorgskiy.