• The Qinqu Jicheng preface, giving background to the history and contents of Xilutang Qintong.
• Tunings in Xilutang Qintong
• My additional commentary
• The Table of Contents, listing all the melodies, and adding links to those which have written commentary and/or translations of lyrics.
• So far I have learned the following melodies from Xilutang Qintong³ :
  1. Tiaoxian Pin (#1. String Tuning Melody)
  2. Gong Yi (#2. Defining Gong Mode)
  3. Xiuxi Yin (#3. Purification Ceremony Intonation)
  4. Yang Chun (#4. Sunny Spring)
  5. Liu Shang (#12. Floating Goblets)
  6. Yanyi Ge (#28. Doorbar Song)
  7. Xing Tan (#34. Apricot Tree Pavilion)
  8. Qing Ye Yin (#40. Clear Evening Intonation)
  9. Jiang Yue Bai (#41. White Moon over the River)
  10. Xue Chuang Ye Hua (#42. Evening Talk by a Snowy Window)
  11. Meishao Yue (#48. Moon Atop a Plum Tree)
  12. Jiao Yi (#52. Defining Jiao Mode)
  13. Mengji Yin (#53. Covered Brambles Prelude Prelude)
  14. Cangwu Yuan (#54. Cangwu Lament)
  15. Lienü Yin (#63. Exemplary Woman Prelude)
  16. Cai Zhen You (#64. Selecting Reality)
  17. Shishang Liu Quan (#75: Springs Flowing over Rocks)
  18. Dongting Qiu Si (#76. Autumn Reverie at Dongting)
  19. Zui Yu Chang Wan (#77. A Drunken Fisherman Sings in the Evening)
  20. Yu Ge (#82. Song of a Fisherman)
  21. Chunxiao Yin (#89. Spring Dawn)
  22. He Wu Dongtian (#91. Cranes Dance in the Grotto-Heaven)
  23. Yao Tian Sheng He (#96. Jade Sheng Heavenly Crane)
  24. Chun Si (#97. Spring Thoughts)
  25. Boya Diao Ziqi (#98. Boya Mourns Ziqi)
  26. Huangzhong Yi (#99. Yellow Bell Modal Prelude)
  27. Li Ling Si Han (#100. Li Ling Thinks of Han)
  28. Yize Yi (#113. Meaning of Yize Mode)
  29. Chutai Yin (#114. Dwell at the Source)
  30. Yuan You (#115. Wander Afar)
  31. Yi Guanshan (#120. Thinking of Guanshan)
  32. Han Gong Qiu (#121. Autumn in the Han Palace)
  33. Dalü Yi (#122. Meaning of Dalü Mode)
  34. Kongtong Yin (#123. Kongtong Prelude)
  35. Kongtong Wen Dao(#124. Discussing the Dao at Kongtong Mountain)
  36. Shenren Chang (#132.Rhapsody on a Celestial)
  37. Yingzhong Yi (#136. Meaning of Responding Bell Mode)
  38. Han Jie Cao (#137. Han Credentials Melody)
  39. Song Yu Bei Qiu (#148. Song Yu Mourns Autumn)
  40. Wumei Yi (#153. Meaning of Wumei Mode)
  41. Linqiong Yin (#154. Linqiong Melody)
  42. Feng Qiu Huang (#155. A Male Phoenix Seeks his Mate)
  43. Gu Guan Yu Shen (#156. Encountering Spirits in an Isolated Mansion)
  44. Qingyu Yi (#168. Defining Qingyu Mode)
  45. Taoyuan Chunxiao (#169. Spring Dawn at Peach Spring)

 
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

1 35587.845 西麓 Western foothills; various nicknames. The book was compiled by 汪芝 Wang Zhi of 歙縣 She county in Anhui province. (Return)

2 Some have lyrics in only one or two sections. (Return)

3 By "learned" I mean I have worked out my interpretation of the notes and note values, written this out as transcriptions into staff notation, and learned to play them from memory. (Return)

 
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