Most of its tunes originate from the ditties of the folk songs around Tianshin, and it has also absorbed part of the popular songs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, such as "Acacia Tune", "Flower Tune", "Yu'e Lang", "Wujing Tune", "Sister Tan", and "JiuLianHuan". The repertoire generally belongs to a single song, with a number of more than one hundred. Its interest and expression of the song is more rich, there are lyrical and beautiful; there is relaxed and happy; there are joyful and light jumping; there are lively and funny; there are low and sad; and so on. There is also a strong narrative.
The content of "Tianshin Xiaoqu" is relatively simple, usually without a storyline, but there are a few songs with dozens of large segments, especially reflecting the theme of love life accounted for a large portion