Folk song genre minor is juxtaposed with chant and folk song. It refers to the folk songs produced by the people in places such as rest, entertainment and celebrations, which are the most widely circulated, with regular forms, various forms of expression, twists and turns and meticulous features.

Mode minor is juxtaposed with major. It refers to the mode in which one of the seven tones is the tonic and the triad on the tonic is the minor chord, which can be subdivided into three types:

Natural minor scale: 67 65 438+0 23 456;

Harmonic minor scale: 67 65 438+0 234 # 5 6;

Melody minor scale: 6 7 1 2 3 #4 #5 6.