Melody, this is the biggest difference between the two. But what's the difference between tunes? It's hard to tell from words. You can listen to the Chinese styles of Vae, Jay Chou and others, all of which are original tunes. Then listen to the arrangement of ancient music, such as "A Thousand Grass Immortals", "Perfect Sword" and "Piano". Relatively speaking, the tone of Chinese style is faster than that of ancient style.
The lyrics of ancient songs are biased towards China's traditional ancient culture, with elegant words and wider scope. The general ancient songs are basically in the national pentatonic style. The creative form of ancient music is basically lyrics, which are created on the basis of others' arrangement (accompaniment). Later, some Asian music lyrics appeared, especially some Japanese-style songs with strong charm in China.
The difference between ancient and Chinese lyrics lies in:
First, use words. In terms of words, archaic words are often more refined than Chinese words, which is similar to the refinement of words in poetry, especially the tempering of verbs, because archaic words are written on the basis of ancient poems, and verbs are much less than nouns. As far as a poem is concerned, the use of a verb can determine its eternal fame or obscurity, so there is an allusion of "deliberation" in ancient times, which is also the literary value of archaic words. As far as the poeticity of lyrics is concerned, Chinese style words are often quoted or used directly, which can be regarded as an extension of the whole word, while ancient style words are more re-created by themselves besides quoting and using, which is regarded as a creative process of poetry. In addition, archaic words, like poetry, pay attention to the feelings in the scene, supporting things and expressing aspirations, which determines that there should be "things" when writing, that is, to contain the feelings you want to express with practical things, which is slightly graceful or implicit, slightly different from the direct expression of Chinese style words. In addition, there are obvious differences between them. Compared with Chinese style words, ancient style words seldom use personal pronoun "I love you" and auxiliary word "de". The reason should be related to the words used in poetry and the language habits of modern people.
Secondly, rhyme. The rhymes used in Chinese wind words are called homophones for the time being, that is, words with the same or similar vowels can be used as rhymes, such as I and In, ing, ian and ie, ue, etc. The archaic words are slightly different. They originated from poetry, but they are also greatly influenced by modern language. Besides following homophonic rhymes, you can also write in ancient rhymes, such as u and v, en and in, eng and ing. Of course, nowadays, most archaic characters are mainly homophonic rhymes, and there are relatively few archaic rhymes, but it is not without them. Dream of drinking a thousand months "Red Cliff" is mainly written about U and V.
Third, the content theme. Generally speaking, there is not much difference in content and theme between archaic ci and Chinese ci, both of which are retro or antique trends, but we can still get some traces after careful examination. As mentioned above, most Chinese-style words are based on the emotion of a poem, such as Shi Rencheng's Sauvignon Blanc, or on the creation of a myth, legend, historical deeds and legacy of characters, such as vincent fang's Preface to the Lanting Pavilion. Of course, there are other categories, such as things with China characteristics or national traditional culture, but generally speaking, they are recreations of existing materials. But in addition to this feature, there is a very important content, which I regard as the soul of ancient lyrics, that is, it has its own originality. It has not only relied on the existing foreign objects to create, but we can write our own experiences or stories we have conceived, and even hold a point of view. Every ancient lyric has its own memory. From this perspective, ancient lyrics are more like a kind of literary creation, which I think is the most unique.
Generally speaking, the expression of Chinese-style words is close to modern language, and the writing style is quite free. Compared with ancient times, archaic words have no strict format requirements such as quatrains, but they still pay attention to some basic antithesis. If it's just a simple sentence break, it's easy to see that the basic formats are one-to-one, two-to-two, three-to-three, etc. For example, a sentence in the ancient style "Fishing with Exhausted Zee": The sound of swords and halberds is hoarse. Who will take you to see the fighting outside the city? After the sentence is broken, it is: the sound of swords, guns and halberds/general/the sound of silk and bamboo/hoarseness/who will take you/watch/fight outside the city; In a word of blue and white porcelain, Chinese style: koi fish, the color is white and blue, jumped to the bottom of the bowl, but thought of you when copying the style. After the sentence is broken, it is:/koi fish, the color is white and blue/when copying the style/when signing/thinking/you. Although the overall length is the same, the nodes are different. As far as expression is concerned, Chinese-style words are relatively straightforward, with some styles of modern pop music, while ancient-style words are relatively implicit and expressed through some specific image symbols. Figuratively speaking, the expression of Chinese style words is straight, while ancient style words are curved. For example, in the ancient style Dream, there are very few sentences that directly describe the feelings of lovesickness, and most of them are hidden in various images, such as "It is difficult to find the fragrance of sinking water in the old years", "How many generations of Spring Festival couplets are now" and "How many flowers and moons are in the West Chamber". The Chinese style "Flowers Full of Buildings" is more lyrical, such as "the beauty of flowers without your beauty is also a sin" and "the cold feeling of kissing dew is a aftertaste". As far as techniques are concerned, Chinese style words are generally more virtual than real, while ancient style words are the opposite, and real is more virtual. When I say virtual reality, I mean whether a scene of a word is written through inner emotional fluctuation or language behavior, or through concrete scene construction. For example, the scene of "Parting" can be written as follows: Holding hands and choking, two lines of tears are hard to break; The real thing can be written as: the long bridge is raining, and the residual willow is broken today. More clearly, this scene is composed of subjective consciousness or concrete objective images, so there is a difference between the two in performance style. The style of archaic ci is more tangible, the image construction is closer to the characters' lives, and it seems to be around them, forming an independent world, while Chinese ci is more ethereal, more subjective, with a little stream of consciousness, rapid scene change and great leap in time and space. As far as creation is concerned, most Chinese ci poems are written in the first person and the second person. When reading ci, you will feel that you are the protagonist, while ancient customs are mostly written from the perspective of an outsider or critic, which can be evaluated, participated in and appreciated.
Finally, image selection can be said to be the most important link. Every culture has its own unique image construction, and human cognition is also based on image. Human beings act on objective things, and objective things will react on human beings, thus making the world complicated and diverse, so I won't say much here, otherwise it will be a headache. The choice of archaic images in lyrics generally follows poetry and has a specific system, that is, specific images have specific meanings, such as Liu Biao's attention, Mei Biao's nobleness and Zhu Biao's unyielding. Some even use the images in Chu Ci in The Book of Songs to create. Chinese words will be more open and free. In addition to the above system, it can use a wider range of images. And because Chinese style is formed under the premise of world communication, music has certain historical factors, so its influence is not limited to the traditional culture of China, but also can add many foreign cultural elements, such as chinked-out in Wang Leehom. Moreover, archaic words are more rigorous in the construction of images. Generally speaking, it pays more attention to the meaning behind this image, because it mainly relies on images to express emotions or explain stories, while the scope of China's Ci is slightly wider. The use of images aims to sublimate the content on this basis, which has a certain relationship with the expression of the above two.
Chinese style is involved in the entertainment circle, and ancient songs only develop on the internet. As early as before Jay Chou, there were songs with Chinese style in the entertainment circle, and the ancient style always developed only in its own circle.
In addition, there are a large number of novels derived from ancient songs, such as "Fishing with Exhaustion".
Antique, after all, can't be narcissistic and complacent, and we are not ancients. It is the current trend to render modern ideas with traditional poetry culture. Moreover, the Chinese style should not be too free, and we should return to the traditional culture of China. What kind of sparks will be sparked by the collision between the two needs us to explore slowly.