Musical characteristics of Kazakh folk songs

Kazakh folk songs mainly adopt the European music system, but there are also some works that adopt the Chinese music system, and there are even two types of music coexisting in one work. system factors.

Scale

Kazakh folk songs widely use the heptatonic scale, but there are also pentatonic scales or hexatonic scales based on the pentatonic scale. Ancient antiphons often used the pentatonic scale.

Mode

Pentatonic mode - Kazakh folk songs in the pentatonic mode are mainly palace mode and feather mode. The pentatonic palace mode emphasizes the feather sound more than the Hui sound, which makes the Kazakh folk songs in the pentatonic palace mode have a special color. Seven-tone modes - the most common are natural major and natural minor, followed by Dorian and mixed Lydian modes.

Melody

Kazakh folk songs developed from pastoral songs generally have a shouting tone, and often appear at the beginning of the song (sometimes also at the end of the sentence or in the middle of the song). It often consists of the tonic and its melodic intervals of fourths or fifths.

Rhythm, beat

Kazakh folk songs often use mixed beats, and the rhythm division of each section often shows a short front and long back shape. This situation is shown in "Blue" It is shown in works such as "River". This rhythmic characteristic and the core tone of the song together form the bold and broad character of Kazakh folk songs, making them full of passion and epic momentum.