There is a kind of characteristic folk song in Xingning, Guangdong, which uses more lining words to expand the main text. The original lyrics are sung with two phrases, and there are eight phrases in four sentences, so it is called "four verses". Sentence eight sections." The fishermen's songs in Haifeng, Lufeng, Huilai and Yangjiang are relatively gentle and beautiful. Salt water songs take the form of duets between men and women. The melody is based on the six-tone Zheng mode of [567123]. The range is generally no more than an octave, and occasionally extends to tenths.

Guangxi folk songs can be divided into three categories: high tune, flat tune and ballad. High-pitched folk songs have broad tones, long breaths, and many upper and lower sentence structures; flat-tuned folk songs have smooth melody, moderate range, steady rhythm, well-proportioned structure, and graceful grace; and folk songs sung in ballads are more colloquial. Due to its special geographical location, Han folk songs in Guangxi have also been infiltrated by the music culture of Zhuang, Dong and other ethnic groups. The influence of ethnic minority folk songs can be felt in the singing style and even the musical scales and melodies.

Hainan Danxian folk songs have ups and downs in tunes and a chanting style. Most of them are composed of four sentences, beginning, succession, turn and combination. The lyrics pay attention to strict level and oblique rhythms, and the words and sentences are simple and elegant. "Tiaosheng" originated from folk songs, which is a form of duet singing between men and women. The word pattern is the same as that of folk songs. Most of them use the five-tone fine-tuning style, but some also use Gong mode and Shang mode. The military tune style of ballads is similar to poetry, the Haibei tune is full of pastoral style, and the fishing songs and boat songs in dialects are more graceful and graceful.