Besides music with suona, Beiguan also includes pure percussion music. However, this is rarely performed in public, but is mainly reserved for meetings between music groups, when it is brought out as a display of technical prowess.
除了搭配嗩吶之外，北管音樂中還有一種純鑼鼓，平常不輕易示人，只有等到社團之間「以樂會友」時，才拿出來當成競技的法寶。