Medium refers to the rhythm, palace tune, etc. of music. "Zhuangzi·Xu Wugui": The drum palace is moving, the drum horns are moving, and the rhythm is the same.

The order of the five tones of ancient music is Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, and Yu. They are the names of the five different tones in the Chinese pentatonic scale, similar to 1, 2, 3, 5, and 5 in the current simplified musical notation. 6, that is, the palace is equal to 1 (Do), the quotient is equal to 2 (Re), the angle is equal to 3 (Mi), the sign is equal to 5 (Sol), and the feather is equal to 6 (La).

In ancient times, there were five tones and seven tones. This "yin" is roughly equivalent to today's musical scale. The five tones are Gong Shang Jiao Zheng Yu, plus Bian Gong and Bian Zheng, which constitute the seven tones, which is the same as today's musical scale. The contrast of the seven-note scale is: Gong, Shang, Jiao, Bianzheng, Zheng, Yu, Bian. Among the seven tones, any one of them is dominant (that is, as the core tonic in the main melody of the music), which constitutes a mode. , different modes, and thus can produce different musical effects.

An ancient musical term, it is an ancient method of tuning. That is, a temperament system in which an octave is divided into twelve semitones that are not exactly the same using the third-part gain and loss method. The laws from lowest to highest are: Huang Zhong, Da Lu, Tai Cu, Jia Zhong, Gu Xi, Zhong Lu, Ruibin, Lin Zhong, Yize, Nan Lu, Wu She, Ying Zhong. The twelve laws are divided into two categories: Yin and Yang. The six laws with odd numbers are called Yang laws, and the six laws with even numbers are called Yin laws.

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Different melodies not only reflect people’s different emotions, but also in the long-term national practice, different ethnic groups have formed their own distinctive music with national characteristics. melody. The main feature of Chinese temperament is the pentatonic scale, with less use of semitones and an emphasis on harmony.

African music is vigilant, heavy, and focused on rhythm, boom·ta, boom·ta, boom·ta, boom·ta, with extensive use of syncopation. The main characteristics of European and American music are the emphasis on individuality within the collective, and the overall multi-timbral and multi-voice nature.

The musical melody of the Korean nation can be represented by the performance of the Gayageum. The unique characteristics of Vietnamese national music can be fully expressed with the duxianqin. It can be seen that music melody is related to the national living environment, national traditional culture, and national psychology.