Jieshi Diao Youlan
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Jieshi Diao Youlan (碣石調幽蘭) means "Solitary Orchid in the Stone Tablet Mode" or just "Solitary Orchid" ("Secluded Orchid" or "Elegant Orchid" in some translations). It is the name of a piece of music or melody for the guqin which was written before AD 908, and is possibly the oldest surviving piece of written music in the Far East.
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[edit] History
The original manuscript was found in Kyoto, Japan, and was probably imported during the Tang Dynasty from China along with Buddhism. It is believed to be a copy of an earlier manuscript and contains a lot of written 'corrections', mistakes and vagueness. Because it is damaged in some places, there has been much study into how it is played.
[edit] Notation
The manuscript of Youlan is written in a special old form of guqin notation, known as wenzi pu (lit. "written character notation").
[edit] Tonality
The melody is noted for its use of microtones, especially at the cadences at the end of each of its four sections when three tones between ti and do (and in the case of the third section, the halfway tone between ti and do is further divided) are used. This creates a mysterious effect that sounds modern to new listeners.
[edit] References
- Please see: References section in the guqin article for a full list of references used in all qin related articles.
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| Aesthetics | Construction | Contemporary players | History | Literature | Notation | Playing technique | Popular culture | Qinpu | Schools Societies | Strings | Tuning | Yaji |
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| Melodies | Ao Ai | Guangling San | Hujia Shiba-pai | Jieshi Diao Youlan | Liu Shui | Meihua Sannong | Pingsha Luoyan | Xiao Xiang Shuiyun | Yangguan Sandie | |
| Schools | Guangling | Jiuyi | Lingnan | Mei'an | Pucheng | Shu | Yushan | Zhe | Zhucheng | |
| Societies | London Youlan Qin Society | New York Qin Society | North American Guqin Association | |
| Historical personages | Bo Ya | Cai Wenji | Cai Yong | Confucius | Guo Chuwang | Ruan Ji | Emperor Song Huizong | Xi Kang | Zhu Quan | |
| Players | Cheng Yu | Gong Yi | Guan Pinghu | Li Xiangting | Lin Youren | Wang Fei | Wu Jinglüe | Wu Zhaoji | Zeng Chengwei | Zha Fuxi | Zhang Ziqian | |
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