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Guqin Melody Lists
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琴曲列表
 

The qin melody listings on this site are of two types: modern and historical.

 
 
Modern listings
 
 
 
 1.
 
 
Zha Fuxi, Guide to Existing Guqin Pieces in Tablature (footnote: long pieces)
A contemporary, comprehensive index of over 660 melodies for which tablature survives
 
查阜西,存見古琴曲譜輯覽
 
 
 2.
 
 
John Thompson, My Repertoire
A listing with links to information on the approximately 300 melodies I have reconstructed and recorded
 
唐世璋,個人可彈曲目
 
 

 
 
Historical listings
 
 
 
 3.
 
 
Cai Yong, Qin Cao (57 or 60 titles; several editions)
Said to be pre-Tang; sometimes just a list, sometimes with commentary
 
蔡邕,琴操
57首或60首;傳說唐代或唐以前
 
 4.
 
 
Anonymous, Melody List (59 entries; Sui/Tang dynasty)
At the end of the Jieshi Diao You Lan manuscript, preserved in Japan
 
無名,曲目(59首,唐代)
碣石調幽蘭後
 
 5.
 
 
 
Anonymous melody list, Qin Li (38 titles; Sui/Tang dynasty)
In Yuhan Shanfang Ji, which refers to 琴歷頭薄 Qin Li Toubo (Sui)
and 琴集力頭拍薄 Qin Ji Li Tou Pai Bo (Tang)
 
無名,琴歷
38首;隋、唐
 
 
 6.
 
 
Seng Juyue, Tablature List of Qin Melodies (Song dynasty)
Earlist known source is Shuo Fu; a list of 224 titles
 
僧居月,琴曲譜錄(253首,宋代)
說郛
 
 7.
 
 
Yuan Junzhe, untitled melody list (from Taiyin Daquanji, Song dynasty?)
Follows Qincao Bianyi; 73 titles, 5 with tablature
 
袁均折,曲目
琴操辨議後面(73首;5首有普)
 
 8.
 
 
Anonymous, Melody Names (Song dynasty?)
From Qin Shu, as found in Qinyuan Yaolu; a list of 253 titles
 
無名,曲名(253首,宋代)
琴苑要錄裏面的"琴書";
 
 9.
 
 
Jiang Keqian, Melodies, Part 1 and Part 2 (Ming dynasty)
Melody lists and introductions to 148 melody titles
 
蔣克謙,曲調上曲調下
曲名和解題(148首,明代)
 
10.
 
Jiang Keqian, Melody Addenda (Ming dynasty)
Melody lists and introductions to many more melody titles
蔣克謙,曲調拾遺
曲名和解題(好多首,明代)

 
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a
separate page)

1. Zhou Qingyun is said to have written a book on qin melodies, but I have not yet seen it. (Return)

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