Yangzhou folk songs are a combination of "labor songs" and "folk tunes". In terms of tonality, most Yangzhou folk songs are based on the pentatonic scale and gong mode, and the hexaphonic and heptatonic scales can also be seen. The folk tunes are mostly single-segment music with "upper and lower sentences" or "beginning, development, transition, and ending". "Shouzi" includes: "Sister Xiao Liu", "Huang Huangzi", "Ge Li Ge San Duo", "Ge Duo Duo", etc., which are named after the supporting words; "Four Sentences", "Five and a Half Sentences", "Ratchet Eight Sentences", etc., which are named after the number of words in the lyrics; "Seven Words Singing", "Stringing Crosses", etc., which are named after the tune; and "Scraping Wind", "Xiliang Moon", etc. The basic singing form of folk songs is one person singing and everyone joining in. The lyrics of "shouzi" and "minor tunes" include both narrations directly related to labor and sighs about hard life, as well as aphorisms such as "praising the ancients" and "singing the names of flowers", and more praise and yearning for pure love life. It reflects the daily life and various life interests of the local people. "Minor tune" is also called "small song", which is a kind of Chinese folk song. "Yangzhou minor tune" belongs to this kind of minor tune. It is widely spread in the Huaiyang area of Jiangsu and is deeply loved by local people. Yangzhou minor tune has a smooth melody, regular structure and great artistic appeal. Most of the contents of minor tunes are singing historical stories, historical figures, the sorrows of talented men and beautiful women, praising the local customs and customs of Yangzhou, and more describing love stories. The tune is beautiful, euphemistic, fluent, and the structure is rigorous and neat. It is the best among Chinese folk songs. The minor tunes of the Qing Dynasty, such as "Spring Tune", "Eight Scenes", and "Yu Meiren", are its representative works. Its modern representative works include "Yangzhou Minor Tune", "Pulling a Reed Flower", "Jasmine", "Yangliuqing", "Four Seasons Song", "Counting Duck Eggs", "Sa Tang Liao Wai", etc. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)