陕北民歌同其它地方民歌一样,是劳动人民长期以来形成的表情达意最朴素的吟唱形式。独特的地理环境和历史上多次的更迭演变,使得陕北民歌极富感染力,是中国民歌艺苑中具有鲜活艺术生命力的一支奇葩。民歌起源于劳动号子,正如语言起源于劳动。随着历史的演变,这种劳动号子的旋律越来越优美,内容越来越丰富。陕北民歌在抒发爱情和倾吐愁绪方面,似乎更胜一筹。笔者认为,陕北民歌的功用性在于劳动时解乏、苦难时解忧、恋爱时表白这样三个方面。任何一种事物的兴衰都有它固有的轨迹,陕北民歌也不例外,二千余年的历史沉淀,使得陕北民歌形成一整套的艺术内涵,长期以来兴盛不衰自然有它久酿弥香的神奇魅力。民歌的特性之一是它源自民间,传承于民间,是乡下农民自己的歌。在民间,很少有专门的作曲者和作词者,往往是民歌爱好者在长期的劳作过程中有感 The folk songs in northern Shaanxi, like the folk songs in other places, are the simplest form of expression expressed by the working people for a long time. Unique geographical environment and many times in the history of the evolution of change, making Northern Shaanxi folk songs very contagious, is China’s Folk Song and Yuan Dynasties art has a liveliest vitality of a wonderful work. Folk songs originated from labor tricks, just as language originated from labor. As history has evolved, the melody of this laboring character has become more and more beautiful and the content has become more and more abundant. Northern Shaanxi folk songs in the expression of love and pouring melancholy, it seems better. The author believes that the utility of folk songs in northern Shaanxi lies in relieving labor when suffering from labor, relieving worries when suffering and expressing confession in such three aspects when they are in love. The rise and fall of any kind of thing has its own inherent trajectory. Northern Shaanxi folk songs are no exception. Two thousand years of history have precipitated the formation of a whole series of artistic connotations in northern Shaanxi folk songs. For a long time, Fragrant magical charm. One of the characteristics of folk songs is that it originated from the folk, inherited from the people, is the country’s own peasant songs. In the private sector, there are very few dedicated composers and writers, often folk song lovers in the long process of work experience