流行音乐(Popular Music),其意思是为了盈利而创作的商品音乐。它起源于19世纪20年代末的美国,经过近200年的发展,各国的流行音乐已经各自形成风格多样、完整的体系。我国流行音乐的风格受欧美影响很大,经过近百年的发展,也逐步融入了具有本土民族特色的元素,形成了我国流行音乐独特的艺术风格。流行音乐是需要迎合大众心理、口味的,所以,其艺术价值要比古典音乐、戏曲差一些。但由于流行音乐通俗 Popular Music, which means commercial music for profit. It originated in the United States in the late 1920s. After nearly 200 years of development, popular music in various countries has formed a diverse and complete system of its own. The style of pop music in our country is greatly influenced by Europe and the United States. After nearly a hundred years’ development, it has also gradually incorporated the elements with local national characteristics and formed the unique artistic style of pop music in our country. Pop music is to meet the public psychology, taste, therefore, its artistic value than classical music, drama less. But popular pop music