“拖木号子”是土家族人在拖木劳作中所唱的一种劳动号子,主要流行于猛洞河、酉水等流域。它包括二声号子、三声号子、四声号子和间接号子等,音乐带有粗犷、健壮、风趣、诙谐、淳厚、朴实等浓郁的山村风格。在艺术特征方面,曲调比较轻松、节奏平稳、多带滑音、演唱形式一般为一领众和、唱腔比较固定。过去的湘西交通闭塞,水运成了湘西土家儿女与外界联系的主要交通渠道,拖木号子成了劳动者主要的劳动号子,在湘西土家音乐中占有一定的位置。 “Tu Muzi ” is a kind of labor sang sung by Tujia people in the work of dragging wood, which is mainly popularized in the areas such as Mengdong River and Youshui River. It includes the second son of the son, the son of three son, the son of four son and indirect son, etc., music with rough, robust, witty, witty, honest, simple and other rich mountain village style. In terms of artistic features, the melody is relatively easy, with a steady rhythm and a lot of sliding tones. The form of singing is generally one with the public and the singing is relatively fixed. In the past, traffic in western Hunan was blocked and water transportation became the main transportation channel for Tujia children in the western part of Hunan Province. The trampolons became the major laborers of laborers and occupied a certain position in the Tujia music in western Hunan.