CHINESE MUSIC.

by which the Notes are

L'ds

Names of Notes.

15

Western equivalent Notes.

produced.

Kung

Huang-chung

"^ Is

l^hmtg

T'ai-ts'a

-j^

D.

Chiao

Kii-hsi

is

i5fe

E.

Jui-pin

|(^

Lin-chuiuj

Jpp

|^

Nan-la

^ Q

Ying-chnng

Huang-chung

ig

^^
^

Fien-chih

CJiih

y-"

^^

Pien-kwKj

Kunq

C.

G.

C.

This scale remained in use unchanged until the rise of the Yiian {jq) dvnasty (14th
centur}-), the founder of which was Kublai Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan.
The

invading Mongols brought with them a scale and a sj'stem of notation different from that

used by the Chinese.

This scale was as follows

1.

tiliaug.

Ch^Ui.

Kung.

^
new

Yi.

Ssii.
iSsu.

-&-

1Z.

-rr

2Z

T7"
Ho.

Fan.

Liu.

Wti.

became popular on account of the simplicity of the characters

compared with the comjilicated signs of the ancient scale. But confusion was natiu'all}^ created

This

notation rapidly

by some musicians usmg F

strict

natiu'al,

Kublai Khan, who always paid

while others used F^.

regard to the ancient laws and customs of the conquered Chinese, endeavoured to reconcile

F
in the modern gamut under the name of
gamut became dominant during the rule of the Yiian (-jq) dynasty ^

the two scales by introducing

following

ijj:

^ (kou);

S=I|^
Ho.

:2Z

-<e^

}i

Yi.

Shang.

Kou.

Ch'iJi.

Kmig.

Fan.

Set:

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2Z

~S>-

Liu.

Wu.

and the