This work was carried out as part of the science project «Performing art of Kazakhstan: the national style, traditions and role in the society transformation»,

No. AR 05135997. The article is intended to identify national poetic and musical structures in the songs of the composer M. Eginbaev. Using the analytical approach of structural methodology, the authors focus on the study of three popular songs of the composer: “Ush Arys”, “Sen Desem”, “Sagynysh nazy”, the subject of studies of which are mainly their structural features. The analysis shows that the formation of the compositional style was mainly influenced by the folk composers and folk songs of the Arka region.