Genre classification and characteristics of Japanese folk songs

The genre classification and characteristics of Japanese folk songs are as follows:

1, Tian Ge: turning soil, treading mud, watering, transplanting, weeding and harvesting; Features: Its artistic features are fresh style, diverse styles, fluent phonology, long and dense words, concise and lively language and strong local flavor.

2. Live songs: Le Daoge, Da Daoge, Dao Gomai, Ta Gomai, Dao Mi Ge, Fan Mi Ge, Ma Sheng Ge, etc. Features: Mainly describe the specific artistic conception and artistic conception in detail with the melody of creation and the rhythm of body movements.

3. Folk songs: folk songs, grass cutting songs, mountain wind songs, branches cutting songs, firewood cutting songs, Shan Ye songs, Lin Yun songs, Chashan tunes, etc. Features: Folk songs are mostly sung outdoors, with loud and clear tunes, free and long rhythm and improvisation of lyrics.

4. Sea songs: unloading songs, boat songs, changing water, starting songs, whale songs, beach songs, seaweed songs, etc. Features: vigorous and simple, catchy, emitting a strong local flavor.

5. Homework songs: woodworking songs, logging songs, cotton playing songs, wine making songs, oil pressing songs, etc. Features: the melody is very light, and then there is a sad feeling, not very noisy.

6. Lu Ge: Horse-catching songs, Niu Fu songs, nocturnal songs, sleigh songs, Ram songs, Lu Ge, etc. Features: low-key, pragmatic, in-depth and maverick impression.

First, the music structure of folk songs

Folk songs often adopt simple musical structures, such as two, four and eight bars in a cycle. The melody of folk songs is usually simple, smooth and lyrical, and easy to sing and remember. The language of folk songs mostly adopts dialects, sayings and proverbs, which are full of local color and life flavor.

Second, the theme of folk songs

Folk songs widely reflect people's living conditions and psychological feelings in different historical periods, different regions and different social classes. Folk songs involve various themes, such as love, marriage, family, labor, war, revolution, religion and so on. Folk songs also express people's observation and thinking about nature and society, and embody people's wisdom and emotion.