3. What is Quan Ho folk songs?
-Quan Ho folk songs are one of the typical folk songs of the Red
River Delta - Vietnam. Quan Ho was formed in the ancient Kinh Bac
cultural region, which is now the boundary of the two provinces of
Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and some areas of Lang Son, Hung Yen, and
Hanoi today.
What is Bac Ninh's Quan Ho folk songs?
-Bac Ninh Quan Ho folk song is used to refer to the Quan Ho
melody of Bac Ninh, distinguished from Bac Giang Quan Ho folk
song because since the division of the province into the city, there is
no longer Kinh Bac, people associate this melody with the name of
the province to make it easier. know.
4. Classification of Quan Ho folk songs:
From its formation, development and maintenance until today, Quan
Ho folk singing is divided into traditional singing and new singing.
Traditional Quan Ho is a form of organizing folk cultural activities of
Kinh Bac people with strict regulations that require men and women
to understand standards and follow the rules. Traditional Quan Ho do
not have musical accompaniment and mainly sing a duet between
brother and sister on the occasion of the second spring-autumn
festival in the countryside. Sometimes when he responds to her, he is
called singing hoi, singing canh; When the whole group sings, he
responds with the whole group and then she is called congratulatory
singing, worship singing, carol singing.
New Quan Ho is also known as "Quan Ho singing", which is a form
of performing Quan Ho mainly on stage or in community activities
such as Tet, festivals, singing for tourism... New Quan Ho has a
picture. Performance methods are richer than traditional Quan Ho,
including solo singing, duo singing, top singing and singing with
accompanying dances... New Quan Ho adapts traditional songs in
two ways: unconsciously and consciously. awake. Among them, the
form of singing Quan Ho with musical accompaniment is considered
an unconscious adaptation, while songs that adapt both music and
lyrics of traditional Quan Ho songs are considered conscious.
