Classification of folk songs: plateau folk songs, labor chants, "field songs" in rice areas, "minor tunes" in towns, and "double voices" in Yunling.

Features:

1. Plateau folk songs

The beat and rhythm are relatively free (even if the main part has a regular rhythm, a shout is often added to the beginning of the music ( Such as "Midu Folk Song"). The melody has a lot of ups and downs, and there are more upper and lower sentence structures (some lyrics in the south often have only one or two paragraphs, and they often use dual sentences.

2 , labor chants

The tone is rough and powerful, and the singing form of leading the crowd and leading and singing alternately is often used, thereby strengthening the emotional communication of workers during work, ensuring consistent actions, and improving labor efficiency; the rhythm is relatively It is fixed, the chant rhythm is closely combined with the labor rhythm, and the rhythm is strong; the leader's lyrics are mostly impromptu and inspiring, and the chorus's lyrics are mostly powerful lyrics.

3. Rice. District? "Field Song"

Tian Ge, also known as Yangtian Song, Tianshan Song, Tiantian Song, etc., is a traditional folk song sung by the vast number of rice farmers in the Yangtze and Pearl River basins when they are planting rice, weeding, driving, and digging. In these areas, working people generally have to farm for two or three seasons, and the labor intensity is very high. For this reason, they naturally have a spontaneous desire to sing to regulate their emotions and relieve fatigue.

However, all the above-mentioned labor. Although it is collective and does not require mutual cooperation, on the one hand, field songs, like chants, have a very close relationship with labor itself, but on the other hand, there is no need to use singing to unify labor movements. Therefore, the field songs The singing form is also very different from the chant.

4. Town? "Minor"

Most minor tunes are in the form of segmented songs, with multiple verses in one song, often using the four seasons and five. In order to meet the needs of multiple paragraphs, the melody expresses a certain emotion (either soft, sad, or cheerful) in a general and concise way. Strong, smooth melody, melodious, rich and varied melody lines, strong expressiveness

5. Yunling? "Double Voice"

The voice used in "Double Voice" folk songs. Most of them are dense intervals such as unison, major 2nd, major and minor 3rds, 4ths, and 5ths. The appearance and use of these harmonies are not accidental, but a conscious choice after long-term singing practice. The unique color has become one of the most obvious features of Chinese two-part folk songs.

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