"Ah Goodbye, Friend" is a minor tune.

"Goodbye, Friend" is a widely circulated Chinese song. Its melody comes from the Italian folk song "Bella Ciao". This song is widely regarded in China as a song that expresses the deep friendship and revolutionary emotions between comrades-in-arms. It is often used as background music in film and television works with revolutionary historical themes.

In music theory, "minor" refers to a scale that is based on the natural minor scale and has a unique emotional expression, usually melancholic or sad. "Bella Ciao" is a song with strong emotional color. Its melody can give people a melancholy and deep feeling emotionally, so in Chinese music culture, it may be classified as a minor style.

However, in specific music analysis, whether to classify "Ah Friend Goodbye" as a minor key still needs to be judged based on its melody lines, harmonic structure and the emotions expressed in the music. Its main melody and harmonic structure conform to the characteristics of the minor key, so it can be considered a work in the minor key style.

Introduction to minor tunes

Most minor tunes are in the form of stanza songs, with multiple verses in one song, often using time sequences such as four seasons, five o'clock, and twelve o'clock. They are multi-faceted and more detailed. Statement content. In order to meet the needs of multiple paragraphs of words, its tunes express a certain emotion (either soft, sad, or cheerful) in a general and concise way. It has strong melodic nature, smooth melody, gentle twists, rich and changeable melody lines, and strong expressive power.

The rhythm of the minor key is regular, and the rhythm patterns are rich and varied. The singing forms are mostly solo, followed by duet and one-lead harmony. Urban minors often have the accompaniment of string instruments, the use of introductions and transitions, as well as the decorative decoration of musical instruments in the accompaniment, and the support of cavity and cavity, etc., which make minor music more beautiful and moving.

The lyrics of minor tunes have various formats. In addition to seven-character sentences, there are also long and short sentence patterns. In addition to the common two- and four-line sentences, there are also non-dual structures such as three-line and five-line sentences. In addition, the lyrics are rich The variety and rhythm make the musical form structure of the minor key more mature and more varied than that of chants and folk songs.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia - minor tune (a type of Chinese folk song genre)