When playing the jier, the pipe body is placed upright, the pipe is held with both hands, and the hole is pressed with the index finger, middle finger or ring finger. Mouth with the first reed playing.

The Qier tube body is made of reed, and the Kemu people often use the local mountain reed to make it. There are reed knots on the upper end of the tube, and the lower end is transparent. The tube length is 19 cm to 25 cm, and the inner diameter of the tail end is 0.5 cm to 1 cm.