This notation method not only displays the structural characteristics of each drum beat, but also makes it easy to memorize drum music.
The drum score of Kaifeng pangu belongs to the "suite structure". All the drum beats played by each drum team are called "sets", and each set of drum scores is composed of several drum beats connected in a fixed order. The number of drum beats contained in each set of drum scores varies. The minimum number is three or five drum beats, and the maximum number is more than a dozen drum beats. For example, the most representative "Lao De Sheng Hui Drum Score" consists of [Lao De Sheng], [Tou Dao Hua], [Er Dao Hua], [Three Dao Hua], [Standing Three Sticks], [Gourd Pao], [ [Sheep against the head], [Double Dull], [Strike the beam and draw the column], [Single tour four doors], [Double tour four doors], [Sixteen sticks], [Dog bite dog], [Spend three points], [Phoenix single] Spreading wings], [Phoenix spreading wings], [Phoenix nodding three times], [Lion rolling hydrangea], etc. It consists of eighteen drum beats. In this set of drum scores, the first four drum beats are the basic drum beats because they focus on the different rhythm patterns of Kaifeng Pan Drum. Some basic rhythm patterns in these drum beats appear repeatedly in subsequent drum beats. Some are original rhythm patterns, and some are transformed in some way. Especially [Jia Sanbang], whose rhythm pattern is interspersed with each drum beat, is called the "drum soul". This feature in the drum score makes the drum beats of Kaifeng pangu both unified in style and rich in variety. Most drum scores belong to this type of combination.
The popular drum scores in the areas of Sunzhuang, Fanzhuang and Shagang Temple in the eastern suburbs of the city have obvious regularities in the changing techniques of drumbeats and the way they are connected, which is very important for the study of Han nationality. The composition techniques of folk music have high reference value. Through analysis, it can be clearly seen that the complete set of drum scores is developed and changed regularly on the basis of four short drum beats. First, the four original drum beats are connected together in a certain order to form a "small set"; then, the four drum beats are simultaneously "changed", "changed the belly", "changed the tail", "expanded the sentence" and "contracted the sentence". "Waiting for deformation processing, every time it is deformed, it is connected and combined in the original order to form a new "small set". In this way, after five transformations, five new "small sets" were produced, plus the first set of drum beats in the original form, and finally a complete set of drum scores containing six "small sets" and 24 drum beats was formed. Within each set of drum beats, the number of drum beats is the same, the drum beat names are the same, and the drum beats are arranged in the same order. The formal drum set has a regular structure, the drum beats are arranged in an orderly manner, and it is rich in variety. Such drum beat deformation and succession methods reflect that in the creation of traditional Han folk music, there is not only an "improvisational" composition model, but also a "design" music creation model based on logical thinking.