Tunings in Xilutang Qintong (1549)
14 tunings: 8-10 and 12-14 below are not among the 8 in Shen Qi Mi Pu ¹

Name	Chinese	String tuning method	Tuning	Played as	Comments/Translation
# in (brackets) is the # of pieces in this mode, incl. modal prefaces	中文	loosen or tighten one half step unless otherwise indicated (underline = 1 step)	if standard tuning has 1st string = c ("1"; d=2, etc.); (absolute tuning)	if 1 = do, 2 = re, etc.; (relative tuning)	number in (brackets) is the name's sequence in the set of 12 pitches
1. Huangzhong (2)     Taicou (5)     Dalü (3)	黃鐘 太簇 大呂	lower 3	1 2 3 5 6 1 2	1 2 3 5 6 1 2	-yellow bell (1) [usually: 1 3 5 6 1 2 3] -great burst (3) -big tube (2)
2. Gong (14)     Shang (9+24)     Jiao (13)     Zhi (11+8)     Yu (7+6)     Shangjiao (3)     Zhonglü (3)     Linzhong (3)     Jiaozhiyu (2)	宮  商  角  徵  羽  商角 中呂 林鐘 角徵羽	"standard"	1 2 4 5 6 1 2	5 6 1 2 3 5 6 1 2 4 5 6 1 2 5 6 1 2 3 5 6 1 2 4 5 6 1 2 5 6 1 2 3 5 6 1 2 4 5 6 1 2	- secondary tube (6) - forest bell (8) - these last 3 use 5 strings
3. Ruibin (4)     Qingyu (2)	蕤賓 清羽	raise 5	1 2 4 5 6# 1 2	2 3 5 6 1 2 3	-luxuriant vegetation (7)
4. Yize (3)     Nanlü (2)	夷則 南呂	lower 1, 3, 6 (or raise 2, 4, 5, 7)	7 2 3 5 6 7 2	3 5 6 1 2 3 5	-exotic standard (9);   (SQMP: mangong) - southern tube (10)
5. Guxian (3)     Jiazhong (3)	姑洗 夾鍾	raise 2, 5, 7 (or lower 1, 3, 4, 6)	1 2# 4 5 6# 1 2#	6 1 2 3 5 6 1	-maiden clean (5) -inserted bell (4)
6. Qiliang (7)	淒涼	raise 2, 5	1 2# 4 5 6# 1 2	2 4 5 6 1 2 3	-cold misery
7. Manshang (4)	慢商	lower 2	1 1 4 5 6 1 2	1 1 4 5 6 1 2
8. Yunü (2)	玉女	lower 1, 3	7 2 3 5 6 1 2	7 2 3 5 6 1 2	-jade girl; only one melody: can be played w/out lowering 1
9. Wumei (4)	無媒	lower 3 & 6	1 2 3 5 6 7 2	4 5 6 1 2 3 5	-no go-betwen (in Lixing Yuanya [1618] raise 2 by 　and 6 by 1 step)
10. Quan (4)	泉鳴	lower 1(x2), 3, 6	6 2 3 5 6 7 2	5 1 2 4 5 6 1 (not 2 5 6 1 2 3 5)	- spring sounds; wrong tuning instructions, but correct guidelines
11. Wuyi (6)       Yingzhong (3)       Fugu (3)	無射 應鐘 復古	lower 1               raise 5	7b 2 4 5 6# 1 2	1 3 5 6 1 2 3 1 3 5 6 1	-no _?_ (11) -responding bell (12) -return to antiquity; uses only 5 strings
12. Jianxian (2)	間絃	lower 3               raise 5	1 2 3 5 6# 1 2	1 2 3 5 7b 1 2 (5 6 7 2 4 5 6?)	- between strings; only one melody: all but 1 section end like open 6th
13. Biyu (3)	碧玉	lower 1, 4, 6           raise 3	7 2 4# 5b 6 7 2	6 1 3 3 5 6 1	-green jade; alternate tuning (not here)" raise 3 a whole tone from guxian
14. Li You (1)	離憂	lower 1, 2               raise 5	7b 1 4 5 6# 1 2	1 2 5 6 1 2 3	-separation's sorrow; only one melody, no modal preface
total: 29 diao yi         140 melodies					# does not include the diaoxian pin which precedes gong mode

Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

1. Shen Qi Mi Pu also has no melodies using only five strings. (Return)

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