民俗音乐

民俗音樂

mínsúyīnyuè

noun

Meanings

1 folk music
2 traditional folk music

Characters

Examples

他研究中国民俗音乐已经二十年了。

Tā yánjiū Zhōngguó mínsú yīnyuè yǐjīng èrshí nián le.

He has been studying Chinese folk music for twenty years.

这个音乐节以民俗音乐为主。

Zhè ge yīnyuèjié yǐ mínsú yīnyuè wéi zhǔ.

This festival focuses on folk music.

Tips

usage

Broader and more academic than 民歌 (folk song): 民俗音乐 covers the whole folkloric sound-world — songs, instrumental traditions, ritual music, regional opera tunes. Preferred term in ethnomusicology and UNESCO-style heritage contexts.

Stroke Order

民 mín

俗 sú

音 yīn

乐 lè