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The artistic characteristics of northern Shaanxi folk songs

Northern Shaanxi folk songs are rich and colorful. Its rich local flavor and simple style are deeply loved by people across the country and also enjoys a high reputation internationally.

Due to the special cultural background, northern Shaanxi folk songs with strong local characteristics such as rough and free style, frankness and sincerity, enthusiasm and generosity have been formed. Its artistic charm exists in both lyrics and music, and is the harmonious unity of music art and language art. Produced from the end of the 19th century to the 1940s, they not only reflect social changes, but also contain "long-lasting songs". Folk songs are rich in content and come in various forms, either sung by one person alone or duet by two people.

Shaanxi folk songs have been continuously influenced, integrated, created, developed and passed down in various art forms. Generally speaking, Shaanxi folk songs can be divided into northern Shaanxi folk songs, southern Shaanxi folk songs and Guanzhong folk songs according to regional and artistic characteristics. Folk songs from various regions are either bold and unrestrained, or gentle and gentle, forming a rich folk art in Shaanxi.

Recommendation and Appreciation of Shaanxi Folk Songs

Among them, "Xintianyou" has won praise for its unique style. "Xintianyou" is the most representative genre of folk songs in northern Shaanxi and richest in local characteristics of northern Shaanxi. Its content and tunes are extremely rich, its rhythm is generally free and stretched, the sound is high-pitched and loud, the range is wide, and the melody is There are great ups and downs, some are smooth and tactful, some are bold and straightforward, and some are soft and lyrical, showing various thoughts, feelings and artistic conceptions.

In terms of singing characteristics, one is expressed in a folk song style with a straight and high-pitched voice, and the other is expressed in a minor-key style with delicate emotions and a tactful voice. Folk songs are closely related to people's lives. Singing about the party, singing about the socialist motherland, singing about labor, and singing about happy life have become the themes of folk songs in northern Shaanxi.