The secular polyphonic music genres in France in the fourteenth century mainly included pastoral songs, hunting songs, and baratas.

1. Madrigal

Italian madrigal was the most influential secular music form in Europe in the 16th century. Composers, whether religious or secular, Flemish, Italian or French, almost always dabbled in this genre. The Italian madrigals of the 16th century are not directly related to the madrigals of the 14th century. Its lyrics are mostly pastoral poems with sentimental or love content, and are in the style of chamber polyphony.

Early madrigals were usually four-part, sometimes three-part, and were more flexible in style than motets. Depending on the content of the poem, rhythm changes and distinct paragraphs will appear in the work to emphasize the meaning of the text.

For example, when the sky and mountains are mentioned, the melody will rise accordingly, and when the land or hell is mentioned, the melody will descend. Melodic morphological expression, etc. Such symbolism was used in music and poetry both before and after this period.

But especially in pastoral songs, we can see its new inspiration. Symbolism is no longer a transformation of thoughts, but creating an atmosphere, a mental state or a scene through sound. At this point, pastoral composers shared similar ideals with the Impressionist musicians of the late 19th century.

Various forms of Italian madrigal music creation provide rich resources of techniques and expressions. It diffuses countless symbols and formats, which are used by contemporaneous and later musicians, for instrumental music and scriptures. It has a direct impact on the development of religious music and secular music such as French polyphony Chanson.

2.Hunting song

Hunting song is a type of Chinese folk song. Hunting songs are popular among the Mongolian, Kazakh, Xibe, Daur, Oroqen, Ewenki, Wa, Yao, Naxi, Gaoshan and other ethnic groups who live in the mountains or plateau areas.

The content of hunting songs mostly reflects the working life of hunting. For example, it expresses the happy mood when hunting prey, praises the hunter's mountainous countryside, reflects love life; uses anthropomorphic techniques to talk to animals, narrates the stories of various animals, and depicts the cute images of small animals, etc. The lyrics are vivid and colloquial, usually in multiple paragraphs, with lining words in between.