Folk songs, labor chants, field songs, town songs? "minor tunes", double voices.

1. Folk songs.

Folk songs refer to songs that people sing impromptu while working in the fields or expressing emotions. It has extensive content, short structure, hearty melody, simple emotion, high pitch and free rhythm. Folk songs are mainly distributed in plateaus, inland areas, mountain villages, fishing villages and minority areas.

2. Labor chant.

Labor chants are folk songs produced and used in labor, which have the practical function of coordinating and directing labor. During the labor process, especially labor with strong collective collaboration, workers often shout or shout in order to unify the pace, regulate breathing, and release the pressure of the body's weight.

3. Rice area? "Field Song".

Field song, also known as Yangtian song, Tianshan song, field planting 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 plant crops 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.

4. Town? "Minor".

Minor tune (or ditty) is a folk song genre widely circulated in towns and markets. Over a long period of time, through the processing and honing of urban professional and semi-professional folk artists, a series of theme characteristics such as relatively uniform structure, regular rhythm, delicate tunes, and diverse theme content have been formed.

5. Yunling? "Double Voice".

The voices used in "double-voice" folk songs are mostly dense intervals such as the same degree, the major second, the major and minor thirds, the fourth, and the fifth. The emergence and application of these harmonies are not accidental, but a conscious choice after long-term singing practice. Its unique color has become one of the most obvious features of Chinese two-part folk songs.

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