Chinese folk music can be categorized into the following six categories:
1. Folk songs are abbreviated as folk songs.
It is a kind of short singing art created collectively by the people of various ethnic groups in China during their long-term labor and social life, which can most directly reflect the reality, and is generally mastered by the sub-populace and widely circulated.
2. Song and dance music
refers to the singing and instrumental music accompanying folk dances. There are many kinds of folk dances in different places and in various forms. In the Han region are commonly quenched in the dragon dance, lion dance, rice-planting songs, lanterns, flower drums, playing the lotus box, running boats, lanterns, drums, bamboo horse lanterns, stilts and so on.
The songs and dances of the ethnic minorities are even more diverse, such as: the Mongols have the Andai Dance, the Ordos Dance, the Koreans have the Nongle Dance, the Uyghurs have the Nai Saim, the Doran Dance, the Tibetans have the Fruit Harmonization, the Stringed, the Pile Harmonization, the Nangma, the Yao have the Changjian, the Miao have the Lusheng Dance, and the Dong combine the tune with the bright and active, the melodic line is more straight and the angles are distinctive, and the rhythm is regular, the tempo is bright, strong and full of action; The structure is more proportional and symmetrical.
3, rap music
Rap art, also known as the art of song, is to say (white), singing (cavity), table (for) the ancient art. Rap music has the following characteristics: close integration with the language, rich in local color, accompanied by simple musical instruments, and a combination of narrative and endorsement.
4, opera music
Opera is a comprehensive art that combines music, dance and drama. As an important part of the art of opera, opera music is good at its lyrical function, narrative function and rhythmic function to portray the characters, render the dramatic atmosphere, and unify and coordinate the rhythm of the stage.
5. Folk Instrumental Music
The traditional folk instrumental music of China can be roughly divided into two categories if it is categorized according to its performance form, namely: (1) solo music, including solo wind instruments, solo stringed instruments, solo stringed instruments, solo percussion instruments and solo other musical instruments; and (2) ensemble music, including stringed instruments, silk and bamboo, drums, drums, gongs, and percussion.
Chinese folk instrumental music is characterized by its close association with vocal music, its close integration with customs, and its emphasis on the lateral play of melody and the combination of timbres between instruments.
6. Comprehensive music
Comprehensive music that combines four types of music: folk songs, rap music, opera music and instrumental music.
Expanded:
Folk music (Folkmusic), also known as folk songs, folk music, folk short poems, etc., referred to as ballads, folk songs, folk music, in the International Folk Music Consortium (IFMC), the interpretation of the definition of the "through the oral process of development of the popular music". The International Folk Music Consortium (IFMC) defines folk music as "popular music developed through the process of oral transmission," which means that the process of distributing the music is purely by the performers or recipients of the music who record the lessons and pass them on to each other in person.
Folk music is a form of music and a musical work that has been passed down by the masses of people through oral tradition over a long period of history. It has a strong national and regional character, whether from the instruments used, the sheet music played or the form of performance, and is integrated with local folk customs and activities.
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