The specifications of the mango tube are based on the resonance tube, and the sizes are different. The small ones are 30 cm to 70 cm high, the larger ones are 100 cm to 150 cm high, the outer diameter is 10 to 20 cm, and the inner diameter is 8 cm to 18 cm. Up to about 200 cm. According to the size and height of the resonator, the pitch of the mango can be divided into treble, alto, tenor, bass and double bass, which form several octaves in turn in a coherent band. The reeds participating in the ensemble are the same.
The pronunciation of the Miao mango in Danzhai County in southeastern Guizhou is: big mango A, middle mango a, small mango a1, and smallest mango a2. Small and medium-sized mangosteen, the player holds the reed in the left hand and plays the reed pipe in the right hand, which can jump and swing freely. For the big mango tube, place the tube obliquely on the ground, hold the body of the tube with the left hand, and play the reed pipe with the right hand.
Folk mango tubes are grouped together according to their size and called mango team. The large-scale mango team consists of fifteen or twenty-one, divided into four groups of large, medium, small and smallest mangoes. Each group of three to five pieces forms a reed band with various reeds. The mang tube strengthens the main sound with a round and strong continuous sound, which makes the sound of the band full.
After 1958, Yu Fuwen of the Song and Dance Troupe of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture in Guizhou Province developed the single-tube mango tube to six, nine, twelve and eighteen tubes. The multi-tubes are grouped into one, and they are played with one tube. The resonance tube is made of copper and horizontal, and the air box is controlled by the piston. The lace is attached to the right shoulder and can be played while standing, walking or jumping. With the assistance of Chengdu Musical Instrument Factory, Zhang Shiye and Li Yaoxin of Jinan Army's Avant-garde Song and Dance Troupe developed a 29-pipe mandrel with a sound range of D-g2, including twelve semitones, maintaining the traditional mango tone. Can play single melody and polyphonic music.