A Comparative Study Of Chinese Urban Ballads In Different Periods

Folk songs are popular among the people and rich in national characteristics.Most ballads have a long history.Therefore,ballads can record the environmental changes in different periods.The themes of ballads are rich,including those expressing family affection,homesickness,friendship,love,etc.Therefore,folk music has a unique style.In the long course of its development,there are also many changes in folk songs.From the nursery rhymes and tunes first sung by the folk to the unique singing methods developed in the folk song revival activities in the 20 th century,folk songs have gradually been loved by the society and become a unique music genre in many music forms.In different periods and regions,ballads have their own classification.After the1990 s,the urban ballads mentioned in this paper absorbed the composing style of Taiwan campus ballads and the mainland campus ballads which just developed in Taiwan,and the unique expression form of urban ballads,resulting in a new type of ballads.In a broad sense,it refers to the complexity of today’s ballads In modern society,the most simple musical instrument is used to create a pure heart music genre.This type of ballad carries the ideal and missing,and returns to romance,purity and sadness.Urban folk mainly refers to a relatively independent music genre which is different from modern mainstream music in today’s society.It is mainly produced by the combination of local folk in Europe,America,Japan and the essence of campus folk in mainland China,together with the unique regional characteristics of urban folk itself.It is a kind of music that can express the feelings of creators and spread in the city Folk music genre with certain social influence.The text will sort out the concept and background of urban ballad,and analyze the development status of urban ballad in different periods from its environment,culture,economy,media and audience groups.Through the analysis and Research on the theme characteristics,musical structure,singing skills and other aspects of urban folk songs,and then add the comparative analysis of the classical songs in different periods of urban folk songs,summarize the individuality and commonness,and cometo the conclusion: the same style of urban folk music in different periods is the music style and melody still present fresh,natural and simple style.The content of the song is mainly about the narration of scenery.The difference is that with the development of social economy and culture,the cultural background,the development of science and technology and culture of the city ballad in different periods,the description of place,the expression of emotion and emotion are different and diversified.