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Spring Dawn at Jade Tower
Raised fifth tuning (called zhonglü:2 5 6 1 2 3 5 6 )		 玉樓春曉 1
Yulou Chunxiao

The earliest surviving version of this melody is in Mei An Qin Pu (1931), which says an alternate title is Lament of the Spring Chamber.3 The preface there does not connect the melody to any particular story.

Further details not yet online. See Lieberman, A Chinese Zither Tutor, pp. 92-94.

 
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

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2 See further comment under 蕤賓 ruibin diao. (Return)

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