What are the musical characteristics of Dai folk songs?

The Dai folk songs mostly use the pentatonic scale, with very few tones other than pentatonic. There are three kinds of tonal backbone frameworks composed of three-tone columns. They are [DoMiSol], the ending tone of which is the palace or the levy; [LaDoMi], the ending tone of which is the palace, the horn or the plume; and [SolDoRe], the ending tone of which is the merchant or the levy. Some Dai folk songs also use the tonal framework of [SolLaDo].

The Dai folk songs do not often use loose boards, which is related to the fact that the Dai language has many monosyllabic words, each of which needs to be emphasized equally. The number of 24 and 34 beats is the highest in the works with boards. The average division is the basic principle of rhythmic combination.