Musical Characteristics - Orgin and Development of Cantopop

Musical Characteristics. Cantopop songs are normally sung by one singer accompanied by piano, synthesizer, drum bet, guitar and bass guitar. OrginandDevelopmentofCantopopSearchthissite HomeAboutUsHistoryofCantopop1960's1970's-Thedevelopingyears1980's-Thegoldenyears1990'sInfluenceofCommercialsuccessInfluencesMusicSamples1980's1990's1990's2000'sMusicalCharacteristicsProminentFiguresSitemap MusicalCharacteristics Cantopopsongsarenormallysungbyonesingeraccompaniedbypiano,synthesizer,drumbet, guitarandbassguitar. Form:Verse-ChorusformInVerse-Chrousform,thechorus ishighlighted.Thechorusoftentakesupmoretimeproportionallythantheverseandtheverseexiststoleadintoit.Forexample,ifAweretheverseandBwerethechorus,theformwouldbeABABBB.AllearlyCantopopsongsfeaturedadescendingbassline. TriatsofinfluencefromCanto.operaatthedevelopingstage ColloquialandliterateChinesearefound. Westernharmonizationwithheterophonicdevice(earlystages) Lyricsbecamemodernizedasthesoundsystemandbackgroundmusicimproved Poeticrhymingcanbefoundincertainpiecesandconnectswithrocknrollstylesometimes(Earlystages)PentatonicMelodies Chineseinstrumentsandpentatonicmelodiesoccasionallyappear Someworldandclassicalmusicelementsinvolved.  Comments Signin|RecentSiteActivity|ReportAbuse|PrintPage|PoweredByGoogleSites