Life songs that reflect people's daily life and folk customs are indispensable companions. They are cradle songs, children's songs, wedding songs, dance music, waltz, crying and so on. These songs have distinctive national characteristics and rich flavor of life, reflecting people's thoughts and feelings. Examples are the cradle song "Ah, Shake, Shake, Shake", the wedding song "The bells in Novgoro Town Ring", the dance music "I Dance with Mosquitoes" and the waltz "Hey, there is a little bodhi tree in the field". ?
Lyric songs occupy a large proportion in Russian folk songs, which express love and pour out feelings to nature. Among them, the most distinctive is the "Long song" formed in16-17th century. Singing by women, there are both single voices and multi-voices (two or three voices). This kind of multi-voice has the characteristics of supporting polyphony of voice or lining cavity. This kind of songs have beautiful melody, free and slow rhythm, frequent alternation of big and small modes and delicate expression. Examples include, there is more than one path in the field, down the mother river of the Volga River, the little girl walking through the grassland and mud, the last moment of parting, etc.