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Xinyao (Chinese: 新謠; pinyin: Xīnyáo) is a genre of songs originating from Singapore. [1] It is a contemporary Mandarin vocal genre that emerged between the late 1970s to 1980s. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Xinyao songs are typically composed and sung by Singaporeans , although there are exceptions: one of the most notable being Eric Moo , who is not ...
Students wearing Hanfu and playing Gufeng music. Gufeng music (traditional Chinese: 古風 音樂; simplified Chinese: 古风 音乐; pinyin: gǔfēng yīnyuè; Jyutping: gu2 fung1 jam1ngok6) is a type of music genre by artists originating from the Greater China region, It is a kind of C-pop music with the background of Chinese legends, the style of Chinese folk songs and drama, the melody ...
The Chinese pop song "Drizzle" was composed by Li Jinhui around 1927 and sung by his daughter Li Minghui. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The song exemplifies the early shidaiqu in its fusion of jazz and Chinese folk music – the tune is in the style of a traditional pentatonic folk melody, but the instrumentation is similar to that of an American jazz ...
Zhongguo feng or Chinese style (simplified Chinese: 中国风; traditional Chinese: 中國風; pinyin: Zhōngguó fēng) music is a popular Chinese music genre considered to adopt a more traditional musical style in its instrumental than normal popular music, similar to Chinese traditional music but with a "Modern Twist" style way.
The modernization of Chinese music involved the adoption of some aspects of Western forms and values, such as the use of Western conservatory system of teaching, and changes to the instruments and their tuning, the composition, the orchestration of music, the notation system and performance style. Some forms of Chinese music however remained ...
The Mandarin popular songs of the Shanghai era are considered by scholars to be the first kind of modern popular music developed in China, [9] and the prototype of later Chinese pop song. [10] Li Jinhui is generally regarded as the "Father of Chinese Popular Music" who established the genre in the 1920s. [11]
Li Jinhui, known as the father of Chinese pop. C-pop is an abbreviation for Chinese popular music (traditional Chinese: 漢語 流行 音樂; simplified Chinese: 汉语 流行 音乐; pinyin: hànyǔ liúxíng yīnyuè; Jyutping: hon3jyu5 lau4hang4 jam1ngok6), a loosely defined musical genre by artists originating from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (the Greater China region).
Chinese rock had its origins in Northwest Wind style of music, which emerged as a main genre in Mainland China. [8] The new style was triggered by two new songs, "Xintianyou" (《信天游》) and "Nothing To My Name" (《一无所有》), both of which drew heavily on the folk song traditions of northern Shaanxi. They combined this with a ...