When Sunai is playing, the body of the pipe is placed upright, the right hand presses the four holes (the thumb presses the rear hole), the left hand presses the four holes, the mouth contains the mouthpiece, the air enters from the airway, and impacts the oblique sheet of the whistle to stimulate the air column in the pipe. Vibration pronunciation. The barrel sound is pronounced a1 sound, using flat blowing or super blowing, and the range reaches two octaves.

Sunai's pronunciation is soft, delicate and honest. It can be used for solo, ensemble or accompaniment to singing and dancing, and it is good at playing sad tunes.

On occasions such as national festivals or festive weddings, the Tajik people will play sunayi, play music or sing and dance happily.