Huang Zhong Diao

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

Leaving the palace to wander in the clouds, the skies seem like water;
The bamboo is yellow and the pool is cold, the hibiscuses have died
....(translation incomplete)

Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

1 48904.1330 xx (Return)
2 It is at the end of the Han dynasty section, so perhaps refers to a Han story (Return)
3 The lyrics in Chinese are as follows:

離宮散雲天似水；竹黃池冷芙蓉死。
月綴金鋪光脈脈；涼苑虛庭空淡白。
霜花飛飛風草草；翠錦琅玕滿層道。
雞人唱罷曉蘢蔥；鴉啼金井下疏桐。
(Return)