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24. Yellow Bell Mode
- Standard tuning: 5 6 1 2 3 5 6 played as 1 2 4 5 6 1 2 |
黃鐘調
Huangzhong Diao 1 |
The lyrics do not seem to be in Yuefu Shiji.2
Other handbooks at that time usually use Yellow Bell Mode for the tuning 1 3 5 6 1 2 3 (slacken 1st string, tighten 5th; see Shenpin Wuyi Yi, in Shen Qi Mi Pu). It is also used for 1 2 3 5 6 1 2 (lower the 3rd string, see Huangzhong Yi, #99 in Xilutang Qintong).
Further commentary not yet available.
Original preface
None.
Music and Lyrics: One Section
- The setting follows the syllabic structure ([7+7] x 4) of the lyrics3
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a
separate page)
1
48904.1330 xx
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2
It is at the end of the Han dynasty section, so perhaps refers to a Han story
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3
The lyrics in Chinese are as follows: