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Melody List
Appended at the end of Jieshidiao You Lan |
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碣石調幽蘭後 1 |
This list of 59 entries is one of three said to date from the Tang dynasty or earlier; the other two are Qin Cao (57 or 60 titles) and Qin Li (38 titles; see Appendix). Published together with the original You Lan manuscript, it is thought also to date from the 6th or 7th century CE. The first four entries are the names of four modes, Chu, Qianjin, Hujia and Ganshen. After this the melodies seem to be arranged according to these modes.2 Thus, the first five melodies after the names of the modes (i.e., #5 to #9) are all in the Chu mode.3 The fifth of these is #9, You Lan, and this may be why in the manuscript You Lan is called "You Lan, Number Five." Numbers 10 to 18 are in the Qianjin mode,4 19 to 28 are in the Hujia mode,5 and from 29 to the end are melodies in Ganshen and some miscellaneous modes which might be sub-categories of Ganshen.6
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a
separate page)
1. See the original layout or the end of the original You Lan manuscript. (Return)
2. This analysis comes from Yuan Jung-Ping; see also the General Introduction to You Lan. (Return)
3.
楚調 Chu Diao (#1 and #5 - 9?)
Chu melodies surviving from Ming dynasty tablature usually use one of the raised fifth tunings; see Chu Region. This is not the case for the surviving versions of the melodies included here.
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4.
千金調 Qianjin Diao (#2 and #10 - 18?)
Surviving versions of these titles all use standard tuning.
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5.
胡笳調 Hujia Diao (#3 and #19 - 32?)
Hujia melodies surviving from Ming dynasty tablature usually use lowered first/raised fifth tuning; see
North and Central Asia region. Regarding the first four melodies in this section, a commentary in
Qin Ji (see YFSJ p.426) says, "胡笳明君四弄有上舞、下舞、上間絃、下間絃。 Four Ming Jun melodies in the Hujia Mode are Shang Wu (sic.), Xia Wu (sic.), Shang Jianxian and Xia Jianxian." The other five melodies in this category could also related to Central Asia: the first four are connected to the military official
Liu Kun and #28 concerns Wang Zhaojun.
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6.
感神調 Ganshen Diao (Inducing Celestials Mode; #4 and #33 - end?)
11215.xxx; 7/612xxx; gan shen is mentioned in connection with the melody Shenren Chang, but as yet no further information.
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Appendix: 琴歷 Qin Li (Qin Account)
玉函山房輯 Yuhan Shanfang Ji has a list of 38 melodies under the title Qin Li
Other melodies are mentioned in the Qinshu Cunmu entry.
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