The northern folk songs "Flying a Kite" and "Little Watching the Opera" are variations of the indigo tune in the minor key.

Jian Indigo Flower Tune: Also known as "Jian Jian Hua", "Jian Dian Hua", "Indigo Flower Blooming", etc., it is a folk song that has been widely popular in northern my country since the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Most express Cheerful, joyful emotions.

"Watermelon Falling" in Shenxian County, Hebei Province is its typical form. Its basic musical form is Gong mode, a five-sentence single section - an extended section after four phrases with a lining sentence repeating the last sentence. The falling sounds of each sentence are Gong and Zheng, so it is divided into Gong mode and Zheng mode. Two tune types. Common variant works include "Kite Flying" by Hebei Nanpi.

Minor tune:

Minor tune is a type of Chinese Han folk song genre. Generally refers to Han folk songs and dances popular in urban markets. After being passed down through the ages and undergoing a lot of artistic processing, it has the characteristics of balanced structure, regular rhythm, delicate and gentle melody.

There are many common names for minor tunes in the Han folk, such as ditties, slang tunes, lane songs, village ditties, market folk ditties, folk tunes, seasonal tunes, silk tunes, silk string ditties, etc. Minor tunes are only commonly used in recent times. a collective name.

Most minor tunes are in the form of stanza songs, with multiple verses in one song, often using time sequences such as four seasons, five o'clock, and twelve o'clock, with multi-faceted and detailed statements. In order to meet the needs of multiple paragraphs of words, its tunes express a certain emotion (either soft, sad, or cheerful) in a general and concise way. It has strong melodic nature, smooth melody, gentle twists, rich and changeable melody lines, and strong expressive power.