The Concept Of Chinese Contemporary Folk Music And Research On The Connotation Of Aesthetic Culture

Since the beginning of the 1990s,Chinese folk music has begun to surface,and in the course of nearly 30 years of development,it has gradually become an important type of contemporary music.But why is it called"folk"music?What kind of music works are considered"folk music"?What are the distinctive features of contemporary folk music compared to other music types?These are still issues that we need to solve in the face of"folk music."Therefore,a more detailed combing and deeper interpretation of these issues will help us to clarify the concept of folk music and further reveal and grasp its aesthetic cultural connotation.Then folk song”is an ancient concept in ancient China.The"ballad"as the root of the word is often confused with the"song"in the documentary records.This makes us confused about the"folk songs","ballads",the”folk"in the traditional folklore sense,and the"folk"in the folk music.In fact,"song"and,ballad"are not the same in ancient times.The folk songs in folk music refer to some modern songs with the characteristics of folk,humanity,time,and regionality.The western traditional"ballad"as a"special name for lyrical narrative short songs",which represents the folk music tradition of Europe,has profoundly affected the development of American country music and American folk songs,making"folk music"——This type of modern pop music,which was born under the cultural industry,has always been closely related to the ordinary people and their emotional life,and carries the humanistic spirit and critical content that other music types do not have or lack.What we now call contemporary folk music is mainly rooted in the folk song tradition in China.It is influenced by the European and American folk songs,country music,Taiwan folk song music form and cultural connotation.Originally produced in China in the early 1990s,the tunes are simple and natural,with narrative tone and guitar singing as the main form of singing.The melody is compatible with traditional and modern acoustic instruments and sound effects.Paying attention to the use of folk song resources,the humanistic connotation of songs and the literary nature of lyrics,rejecting excessive commercialization,with distinct civilian cultural color and certain social critical consciousness.Independent labels and new media are the main operating,dissemination and promotion platforms,and a type of popular music that has been continuously developed and enriched to this day.The cultural connotation of contemporary folk music is mainly reflected in three aspects:First,contemporary folk music is in the"self’anxiety,recognition of folk or national identity.This is not only expressed as the;"grassroots”identity of contemporary folk music creators,but also the lyrics of ordinary people’s emotions and life experiences.It is more concentrated in the anxiety of the times,the confirmation of the expression and value of self-identity by contemporary folk musicians,and its construction and recognition of national art and cultural identity.The second is the yearning for the freedom of contemporary folk music through the construction of spiritual homes and the creation of poetic spaces.This aspect is reflected in the fact that contemporary folk music has placed its beautiful ideals on many themes;on the other hand,it shows that contemporary folk music has created an emotional imagination space through the"poetry"music text,which gives the audience sufficient Freedom breaks the cage of their own emotions and expands their emotions from finite to infinite.The third is the expression of the record,reflection and criticism of contemporary folk music on real life with"reality"as the core.This is not only reflected in the expression of the real life state and emotional experience of the contemporary folk music musicians through the expression of individual experience;it also shows that they are full of humanistic care,intervene in reality,expose social unfairness and criticism.In short,although the music and aesthetic styles of contemporary folk music are different and different,the cultural connotation\with humanistic care as the core is the inner spiritual and homogenous character of contemporary folk music.It is this kind of cultural quality that has been recognized,accepted,and continued by everyone.The creators and singers of contemporary folk music are gathered under the banner of;"Folk Music"to confirm their identity and value with the ascendant folk music.At the same time,it has deeply entered the inner world of the broad audience.