This is considered the work of his that is richest in national color. In the article "What Should We Do In Order to Compose Our Nation's Folk Music?" Huang Tzu said that he was really interested in learning the ways of Western music and applying what he learned to the research and revision of Chinese folksongs. The result was a new type of folk music.
在「怎樣才可以產生吾國民族音樂」一文中，黃自提到他真正想做的，是學習好的西洋音樂方法，再利用這方法來研究和整理中國的舊樂與民謠，從而產生民族新音樂。