大调曲子是流传于河南的一种说唱艺术,原名河南鼓子曲,建国以后改称大调曲子。曹东扶先生是“曹派大调曲子”的创始人,他不仅传承、发展了河南板头曲,而且也更好地传承、发展了河南大调曲子,本文试从曹东扶对大调曲子的传承与发展大调曲子的板式特征、演唱特征、结构特征、腔调关系等方面揭示曹东扶大调曲子的艺术特征。 Major tune is spread in Henan, a rap art, formerly known as Henan Drum song, renamed after the founding of major melodies. Mr. Cao Dongfu is the founder of “Cao School major tune ”, he not only inherited and developed Henan plate music, but also better inheritance, development of Henan major melody, this paper try from Cao Dongfu Major Traditions and Development Major Tracks in the plate features, singing features, structural features, tone relations and other aspects of Cao Dongfu tune melody revealed the artistic characteristics.