While nanguan musicians in Taiwan were largely limited to playing shorter pieces, or performing the concluding movements from full-length suites, those in the Philippines were capable of giving renditions from the entire 48-suite repertoire of traditional often traveled to the Philippines to seek instruction from the maestros.
當台灣南音界大多只能演奏一些小曲子或是大曲子尾段章節的「指尾」時，菲律賓的這些名師，卻有人能將南管音樂中著名的四十八指套（大曲子）完全表演。