This song "Arirang" tells the story of a Korean girl's resentment towards a negative man and her longing for love. The melody is euphemistic and lyrical, and the rhythm is brisk and smooth. The whole song is composed of two phrases, the upper and lower phrases, which are changed and repeated to form a double phrase phrase with a chorus. "Arirang" has a 3/4 beat and a subsonic palace-style melody. The mood is slightly sad, and it is a representative folk song of the Korean people.

The folk song "Arirang" is divided into two parts. Its melody often adopts a wrap-around approach with few big jumps. It is also commonly used in a modular way, which reflects the repetition and reproduction of the rhythm and expresses the Korean style. The ethnic folk songs are dignified, elegant and delicate. But Korean folk songs are full of passion. That is the fifth upward jump and rhythmic change between the eighth and ninth bars, forming the climax of the whole song. After two measures, it continues to descend until the lowest bass of the whole song, and the tone of the first part of the song appears. The music returns to calmness and subtlety after an exciting and brief catharsis. This is a folk song with two big phrases (a, a1) changing and repeating.