1 Classical music refers to those styles that can be heard in the music of the greatest and most famous composers of the 18th century, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Often refers to the music trends and creative styles that originated in Europe from the 18th to 19th centuries.

Features: The music of the classical period was of extraordinary significance in promoting the development of subsequent music history, because during this period three important musical forms were born - the symphony, the string quartet and the keyboard sonata. .

2 Romantic music, also known as "Romantic music" or "Romantic music". Generally refers to a new music style that originated in Germany and Austria from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century, and later spread to all European countries.

Characteristics: Romantic composers’ development of harmonic techniques and their interest in acoustic color complement each other. During this period, the scale of the band expanded infinitely, some instruments were improved, and some new instruments were invented. The novel combinations of various instruments produced novel color effects and enriched the palette of the orchestra, thus making this kind of A large orchestra with its fascinating tonal reserves and dynamic gradations becomes an ideal tool.

3 The National Music School refers to a group of musicians who were active in the European music scene after the mid-19th century and were closely connected with the bourgeois nationalist cultural movement. Most of them are politically radical, sympathize with or participate in the bourgeois revolution of their country, and have a strong national consciousness. In art, they advocate the creation of new music with distinctive national characteristics.

Characteristics: Composers of the national music school make extensive use of national folk music materials and creatively combine them with the expression methods and artistic techniques of traditional Western European music, thus giving the works a distinctive national style and achieving the High artistic level. This is mainly reflected in the genre and musical language of the work.

4 Modern music, also known as "modernist music" and "modernist music", refers to the non-traditional composition techniques and non-functional harmony system as theoretical support in the late 19th and 20th centuries, using new Music created using composition techniques, music theory, and musical language. It does not refer to all musical works created in the 20th century.

Characteristics: In terms of melody, traditional music is based on smoothness, natural ups and downs, and regular progression. The melody of 20th century music is often not smooth, with big angular jumps, and sometimes no sentence reading. Sometimes the melody elements in traditional music are avoided and other sound methods are used instead of melody.