Chinese folk music

1. What is Chinese folk music?
2. What are the examples of Chinese folk songs?
3. What is the popular folk song of China?
4. What are the characteristics of Chinese folk songs?

What is Chinese folk music?

Traditional music in China is played on solo instruments or in small ensembles of plucked and bowed stringed instruments, flutes, and various cymbals, gongs, and drums. The scale is pentatonic. ... Chinese orchestras traditionally consist of bowed strings, woodwinds, plucked strings and percussion.

What are the examples of Chinese folk songs?

Jiangsu

• Mo Li Hua.
• The Good Scenery of Suzhou (苏州好风光)
• Scenery of Wuxi (无锡景）
• Beautiful Lake Tai (太湖美)
• Lady Meng Jiang.
• Yangtze River Boatmen.

What is the popular folk song of China?

(Jasmine Flower) This is a well-known song originally from the Qing Dynasty.

What are the characteristics of Chinese folk songs?

Musical features

• The tonality of Chinese music is pentatonic. This means it uses a scale of five notes for melodies. ...
• The texture of Chinese music is often monophonic, where only one instrument is playing , or heterophonic. ...
• Timbre is very important in Chinese music.