Soft: refers to the soft sound of the band ensemble;
Fine: refers to the exquisite and delicate performance style;
Light; Refers to music that mainly expresses relaxed and pleasant tastes.
The formation of these characteristics is related to the fact that silk and bamboo music are mostly played indoors.
Jiangnan Sizhu music refers to folk Sizhu ensemble music in southern Jiangsu and western Zhejiang, among which the music circulating in Shanghai is the main one. Silk and bamboo music is a traditional form of "fine music", which combines silk strings with bamboo wind instruments and sometimes adds a little percussion instruments to play an embellishment role. Jiangnan Sizhu ensemble instruments include: Sixian Erhu, Sanxian, Pipa, dulcimer, bamboo flute, flute, sheng, small percussion drums, boards and so on. Among them, erhu, flute and flute are the main ones. Silk and bamboo in the south of the Yangtze River is folk music, which is mostly related to folk weddings, funerals and festivals and temple fairs. Its music style is fresh and lively, meticulous and elegant; The tune is beautiful and smooth, soft and euphemistic. The so-called "Eight Great Songs" are famous songs in the traditional repertoire of silk and bamboo in the south of the Yangtze River, and one of them is "Six Plates of Chinese Flowers".