Although it has dispensed with some of the forms of traditional three-part tea-picking opera, Hakkanese grand opera still retains the unique vocal style that marks it as Hakka opera. The acting techniques, however, have come to resemble those of Peking Opera or Taiwanese opera.
改良後的客家大戲，在脫離三腳採茶戲的形式之後，採茶戲仍保有客家戲曲特有的唱腔，但作表方式與平劇、歌仔戲類似。