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CHINESE

MUSIC.

The

Ming

(B^)

(iSth

century)

adopted the

Yiian gamut,

but

exduded

all

the

notes

producing

half tones,

and

so

obtained

a

pentatonic

scale

composed

as

follows

:

P

 TZ.

-S>-

2Z

-©-

Ho.

-7D

H

±

K

X

7^

,Ss'i(.

i^haiifi.

Ch'ih.

Kung.

'

Liu.

Wn.

The

present

dynasty—

the

Ch'ing

(•^)

—

reverted

to

the

Yiian

gamut,

leaving

out,

however,

the

note jtow

( }),

which

was the

real pien-chih

of

the

ancient

scale.

Then-

scale is

given

as

follows

:

Actual

Names

of

Notes.

Ancient

Names of

Notes.

Ho

y^

;

Kvng

(i)

Ss

i

Shang

(l)

Yi

2<

I

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