Classification of folk songs: plateau folk songs, labor songs, rice areas? Tian Ge, Downes? "minor", Yunling Double tone.

Features:

1, plateau folk songs

The beat and rhythm are relatively free (even if the rhythm of the main part is regular, a shout is often added at the beginning of the music (such as Midu Folk Song). The melody fluctuates greatly. There are many upper and lower sentence structures (there are some five-sentence structures in the south). Lyrics are often only one or two paragraphs, often in antithetical sentences.

2. Labor number

The tone is rough and powerful, and the singing form of "one leader and many people, one leader and one backup" is often used to strengthen the emotional communication of workers in labor, ensure the consistency of actions and improve labor efficiency; The rhythm is relatively fixed, and the rhythm of singing is closely combined with the rhythm of labor, with a strong sense of rhythm; The lyrics of the lead singer are mostly impromptu and encouraging, and the lyrics of the singer are mostly power words.

3. rice area? "Tian Ge

Tian Ge, also known as a song, field, etc., is a traditional folk song sung by the majority of rice farmers in the Yangtze River and Pearl River basins during transplanting, weeding, transporting water and digging. In these areas, working people usually plant crops in two or three seasons, which is very labor-intensive. So they naturally have a spontaneous request to adjust their mood and relieve fatigue by singing.

However, although the above work is collective, it does not need to cooperate with each other. In this way, on the one hand, Tian Ge has a very close relationship with labor itself, just like songs, but on the other hand, it does not need to use singing to unify labor actions. Therefore, Tian Ge's singing style is very different from songs.

4. town? "minor"

Minor mostly appears in the form of segmented songs, and a song contains multiple paragraphs, often appearing in the form of four seasons, five tables and twelve o'clock. , there are many detailed statements. In order to meet the needs of multi-paragraph words, its tunes express some emotions (or soft, or sad, or cheerful) in a concise way, with strong melody, smooth melody, twists and turns, rich and varied melody lines and strong expressive force.

5. Yunling "double tone"

The parts used in "two-tone" folk songs are mostly dense intervals of the same degree, second degree, third degree, fourth degree and fifth degree. The appearance and application of these harmonies are not accidental, but a conscious choice after long-term singing practice. Its unique color has become the most obvious feature of China's two-part folk songs.

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