1, vocal music

Vocal music works can be divided into songs, rap music, opera music, opera and other different genres according to their forms and styles. Song is a small music genre, including folk songs, art songs, pop songs, children's songs and so on.

2. instrumental music

Instrumental works can be divided into solo, ensemble and ensemble. Solo covers a wide range. Almost all instruments have solos. China's erhu, pipa, banhu, flute, flute, cucurbit silk, suona, dulcimer, sheng, guqin, zither, xylophone, etc. , are famous solo songs.

Music safety styles are divided into: classical music, pop music, national music and so on.

1, classical music

The word "classic" comes from Latin, originally referring to the upper class in Roman society, and then escaped to the achievements of human beings with universal and eternal value. Abroad, this type of music is called "classical music", which means "classical, orthodox and classical literature", so we in China call it "classical music", or more precisely "western classical music".

2. Pop music

Pop music is translated from English pop music. According to the superficial understanding of Chinese vocabulary, the so-called pop music refers to instrumental music and songs that are short in structure, popular in content, lively in form and sincere in emotion, loved by the masses, widely sung or appreciated, and even spread to future generations.

3. National music

In a broad sense, it refers to the music school that is full of national color or advocates nationalism in the middle and late period of romanticism. In a narrow sense, it refers to Chinese folk music. The so-called national music in China is the music with national characteristics, which can reflect the national culture and national spirit, and is created by various nationalities who have lived and multiplied in this land of China for generations.

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The basic elements of music

1, tone

Melody is also called melody. The ups and downs of music are organized horizontally and methodically according to a certain rhythm, forming a tune. Tune is the most important means of expression of music, and it is the essence and decisive factor of music. The direction of melody is endless, and there are three basic directions: "horizontal", "upper" and "lower".

Step 2: rhythm

The rhythm of music refers to the length and strength of sound in music movement. The rhythm of music is often compared to the skeleton of music. Beat is the periodic and regular repetition of repetitive beats and weak beats in music. Traditional music in China calls the beat "board eye", and "board" is equivalent to strong beat; "Eye" is equivalent to the second strong beat (middle eye) or weak beat.

3, timbre

Timbre can be divided into vocal timbre and instrumental timbre. In the timbre of human voice, it can be divided into children's voice, female voice and male voice. The difference of musical instrument timbre is even more varied. In music, sometimes only a single timbre is used, and sometimes a mixed timbre is used.

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