The rice-planting song drum is fixed in the shape of a double-sided barrel, slightly smaller than a waist drum. The body of the drum is covered with a silk embroidered drum cover, which has a drum belt and is decorated with a row of yellow silk spikes at the lower end. The drum body is 33 centimeters long and 12 centimeters in diameter. The drum's double sticks are played quickly: seven dongs, seven dongs, seven dongs, seven dongs, seven dongs, seven dongs, seven dongs, seven dongs, seven dongs, seven dongs, seven dongs? Note that the drumstick should be lightly tapped on the surface of the drum when it is seven
The rhythm of the rice-planting song is 4/4 beat. The rhythm is 4/4. The single stick is faster: dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong, the simplest rhythm. Single stick slow beat: dong dong | dong dong dong, double stick fast beat: dong seven dong seven dong seven dong | dong seven dong seven dong seven dong Note that the drumstick should be gently pointing to the surface of the drum when seven.
The rice-planting songs in different places are usually performed by a rice-planting dance team, which consists of ten or more people, or hundreds of people, in various forms, including group dances, duo dances, trio dances, and so on. According to the needs of the characters, they hold props such as handkerchiefs, umbrellas, rods, drums, and whips, and they dance under the accompaniment of gongs, drums, suona, and other blowing and beating musical instruments.
The dances, movements and styles of Yangge vary from place to place, some are powerful and majestic, some are soft and pretty, and all are beautiful.
Different regions have different titles and styles. In folklore, there are two kinds of rice-planting songs: those performed on stilts are called "rice-planting songs on stilts", and those performed without stilts are called "rice-planting songs on the ground".