Oriental music is dominated by five tones, including Gong, Shang, Jiao, Qian, Yu, and many voiceless sounds. Western music mainly uses seven tones, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, of which 4 and 7 are two semitones, so voiced sounds appear.
Oriental music and western music are two big conceptual categories. Oriental music includes music from many countries, not only from China, but also from many other eastern countries. Music in different countries has very different regional characteristics in hearing because of different modes. Western music also includes music from many countries, such as Germany, Austria and France. Not to mention the differences between the East and the West, that is, the music of different ethnic minorities in the same country and different provinces is sometimes quite different, which is the difference in style. So it's not clear in one or two sentences. But generally speaking, China's traditional music is dominated by five tones, while western music is dominated by major and minor tones, while China's traditional music is relatively simple. The colors of western music vary widely, but they are not absolute. Different countries have similar music. Music all over the world is interlinked, borderless, interacting and blending with each other.
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