Example sentence with 歌謡


I'm trying to learn how to use the word 歌謡 (song). However, I'm having some
trouble to find an example sentence that teaches me how to use 歌謡, and all
that appears when looking for this word on Google and other websites is a
similar word: 歌謡曲, so I wonder if 歌謡 and 歌謡曲 (and also the word 歌) can be used
interchangeably or there is any difference between them.

Besides this, could you please give me an example sentence with 歌謡?

I don't know if simply taking an example sentence with 歌 and replacing 歌 (うた)
by 歌謡 would be correct or not, so I'd appreciate a lot your help.




Let me explain 歌謡 **曲** first. Today, 歌謡曲 is a word that refers to "Japanese
pop songs roughly in 1930-1970". 昭和歌謡 refers to almost the same thing.
Wikipedia defines this like this:

> ### [歌謡曲](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AD%8C%E8%AC%A1%E6%9B%B2)
>
> **歌謡曲** （かようきょく）とは、昭和時代に流行した日本のポピュラー音楽の総称である。

> ### [_Kayōkyoku_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay%C5%8Dkyoku)
>
> Kayōkyoku (歌謡曲, literally "Pop Tune") is a Japanese pop music genre, which
> became a base of modern J-pop. The Japan Times described kayōkyoku as
> "standard Japanese pop" or "Shōwa-era pop".  
>  Kayōkyoku in the narrower and more practical sense, however, excludes J-pop
> and enka.

In other words, roughly speaking, 歌謡曲 today is analogous to "oldies" in
English-speaking countries. Perhaps this originally used to refer to pop songs
in general, but after the word
**[J-pop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-pop)** became popular in 1980's, 歌謡曲
started to refer to older songs. A typical 歌謡曲 is like
[this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QU59piW96E). You might find it
somewhere between _enka_ and Western music.

As you have noticed, 歌謡 is seldom used outside the contexts related to old
Japanese 歌謡曲. In its broader sense, it can still refer to old pop songs in
general, especially in academic or technical contexts. For example, some
people may use アメリカの歌謡 referring to American oldies in the 60's. You should
not use it to refer to songs in general. It's usually odd to call modern hip-
hop songs 歌謡.

Related: [When do I use all the words meaning
"song"?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/28386/5010)




Let me explain 歌謡 **曲** first. Today, 歌謡曲 is a word that refers to "Japanese
pop songs roughly in 1930-1970". 昭和歌謡 refers to almost the same thing.
Wikipedia defines this like this:

> ### [歌謡曲](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AD%8C%E8%AC%A1%E6%9B%B2)
>
> **歌謡曲** （かようきょく）とは、昭和時代に流行した日本のポピュラー音楽の総称である。

> ### [_Kayōkyoku_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay%C5%8Dkyoku)
>
> Kayōkyoku (歌謡曲, literally "Pop Tune") is a Japanese pop music genre, which
> became a base of modern J-pop. The Japan Times described kayōkyoku as
> "standard Japanese pop" or "Shōwa-era pop".  
>  Kayōkyoku in the narrower and more practical sense, however, excludes J-pop
> and enka.

In other words, roughly speaking, 歌謡曲 today is analogous to "oldies" in
English-speaking countries. Perhaps this originally used to refer to pop songs
in general, but after the word
**[J-pop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-pop)** became popular in 1980's, 歌謡曲
started to refer to older songs. A typical 歌謡曲 is like
[this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QU59piW96E). You might find it
somewhere between _enka_ and Western music.

As you have noticed, 歌謡 is seldom used outside the contexts related to old
Japanese 歌謡曲. In its broader sense, it can still refer to old pop songs in
general, especially in academic or technical contexts. For example, some
people may use アメリカの歌謡 referring to American oldies in the 60's. You should
not use it to refer to songs in general. It's usually odd to call modern hip-
hop songs 歌謡.

Related: [When do I use all the words meaning
"song"?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/28386/5010)

