What are the musical characteristics of Mongolian folk songs?

Most of them are simple pentatonic tones, and off-grade tones are rarely used. Feather mode and demand mode are dominant, followed by palace mode and monk mode.

The most distinctive or fundamental feature of Mongolian folk songs is parabolic melody line.

Another feature of Mongolian folk songs is swing decoration.

Modifying the second or third degree above or below the pitch is also a unique rotation method of Mongolian folk songs.

The most distinctive singing method of Mongolian folk songs is the decorative technique called "Nogula" in Mongolian. "Nogula", translated into Chinese, means vibrato, and its effect is similar to Ma Touqin's moistening cavity.