trot Korean music is a folk song.

Trot Korean music originated from Japanese pop songs in the early 20th century. The popular songs at that time were mainly light dance music and were deeply loved by young people. It was later introduced and re-adapted by Korean pop singers. Trot mainly arouses people's emotions through strong lyrics and catchy melodies, conveying profound emotions and social values. Trot is the main rhythm type of Korean ballads.

Trot's lyrics and songs usually describe various life experiences, such as love, life hardships, family, friendship, etc., reflecting various emotions and feelings in people's daily lives. During the period when Trot was popular, some Korean pop singers also began to sing this type of music. They adopted new adaptation methods and combined traditional elements with modern pop elements to make Trot more modern and fashionable.

Trot Korean music classification

1. Traditional Trot

It has a five-note scale, double rhythm and slow BPM. Some people think that this is not consistent with the stage used for activities, which is the main source of income for modern Trot singers.

2. Blues Trot

A theme that combines blues and Trot by black musicians. Usually a song titled "Oh Blues", often using blues scales and a blues rhythm in 12/8 time.

3. Traditional Korean music Trot

The genre of traditional Korean music and Trot combinations that have been handed down from ancient times, or pop music and Trot combinations created in the form of folk songs. Yueyao, a hundred-year-old life is representative.

4. Lyrical Trot

A type that combines the slow lyrical style of Western music ballads and ballads that became popular in the 1970s and 1980s with Trot, represented by Cho Yong-pil's early albums . Also, in Korea, it is written in almost the same way as the contemporary adult ballad genre, so with a rhythm that is far from Trot in terms of the actual genre, contemporary standard pop singer Kim Hye-ja, is often misunderstood as a "Trot singer" .