南溪号子的雏形是土家人解乏鼓劲的劳动号子,与薅草锣鼓相似。在长期的传唱中,南溪号子成为山歌品种,但它既不是川江号子、纤夫号子,也不是武陵山号子。它即兴歌词,唱法固定。南溪号子的唱腔,有大板腔、九道拐、三台声、打闹台、南河号、喇叭号等10种。它的唱法为一人领唱,或两人和三人唱高音,让更多的人唱低音,众人帮腔,从而形成互相应和的高中低声部。 The prototype of Nanxi son is the lack of encouraging work Tujia son, and hay grass similar. In long-term sung, Nanxi son became a folk song breed, but it is neither the Chuanjiang son, the son of a son, nor the Wuling Hill son. It impromptu lyrics, singing fixed. Nanxi son’s singing, a board chamber, nine roundabout, three sets of sound, fight Taiwan, South River, trumpet and other 10 species. It sings sing for one person, or two people and three sing the treble, let more people sing the bass, the crowd to help the cavity, so as to form a high school and low voices.