Sometime around 1522, he selected the best points of the southern melodies and, combining them with the Kun melodies, created an exceptionally beautiful type of tune. These tunes were sometimes known as the "water-smoothed melodies" for their smooth, rounded tones, woven together as delicately as silk threads.
這要歸功於明朝嘉靖年間（約一五二二年）一位精通音律的魏良輔，他採取南方眾腔之長，把昆山腔改成極為精美的曲調，因為聲調圓潤，像水絲般細膩妥貼，又被稱做「水磨腔」。