Russians with a profound musical cultural tradition regard music and dance as their life. Music and dance are accompanied by musical instruments during religious ceremonies and daily holiday entertainment. Russian music circulating in China can be divided into religious music and folk music, with folk music of various styles and genres as the main body; its music belongs to a typical European music system, and the mode scale adopts European major and minor modes. Its texture is mainly polyphonic and has the characteristics of vertically harmonious musical thinking, making it unique among the 56 ethnic groups. The content of Russian folk songs is very wide and can be divided into custom ritual songs, lyric songs, narrative songs and short dances. The balalak is a unique national string instrument in Russia, also known as the "grand piano".
When Russians get together, they often play the grand piano or accordion, sing and dance, and talk about their happiness. Russian traditional music includes folk music and religious music. Folk music includes ritual songs, lyrical songs, narrative songs, cabaret music and instrumental music. Ceremony is an important form of Russian folk songs, most of which are related to the traditional customs of the nation. It is mainly used for weddings and funerals, among which wedding songs are the most representative. In a traditional Russian wedding, relatives and friends come the day before the wedding to congratulate the girl and sing her farewell as she dresses. This song is full of sadness and parting, making people feel sad. is a very famous wedding song. Lyrical songs often express the content of love and have very beautiful melodies. Most of these songs are in the form of two or three choruses. They used natural minor scales and sometimes performed in a way that guided the audience. Each part can be freely combined and adjusted to maintain the balance between parts. The music style is unique and the artistic expression is strong.
It is a lyrical song sung by two choirs and is widely circulated among the people. The lyrics tell the love story of three fishermen's sons. The treble part of this song adopts a characteristic natural minor key, and the bass part has the characteristics of a melodic minor key. It is deep and restrained, and is deeply loved by people. There are a large number of Russian folk narrative songs, most of which are sung repeatedly in the form of songs with many lyrics and a wide range of contents and themes.
These songs are polyphonic choruses, such as "Flying Swallows" and "Fishermen's Song" with war themes. The harmonies are rich and the music is solemn; there are also "My Son Died on the Battlefield" and "The Orchard is Green", which reflect women's tragic fate and love experience, with a tragic color.