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49. Sigh for Antiquity
- Shang mode, standard tuning:2 5 6 1 2 3 5 6, but played as 1 2 4 5 6 1 2 |
慨古
Kai Gu1 |
Today there is a quite popular beginning melody of this title, but it seems to beunrelated to surviving earlier versions, of which there are two. The present melody, the second of these, survives only from here in Fengxuan Xuanpin (1539).
Melodies in Fengxuan Xuanpin have no commentary and its Kai Gu has no lyrics. Here the melody comes just before #50 Gui Qu Lai Ci, but the title suggests the idea behind the melody is closer to that of #45 Gujiao Xing. However, Fengxuan Xuanpin does not pair melodies and later versions of Gujiao Xing in handbooks that do like to pair melodies (see, for example, in Xilutang Qintong) pair it with a different melody.
There is some further commentary with the melodically unrelated earlier Kai Gu, published in Shen Qi Mi Pu (1425) and two other handbooks. This includes comments on the version commonly played today, usually called Kai Gu Yin.
Original preface
Music
3 sections (untitled); timings are from
my recording 聽錄音
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a
separate page)
1.
Kai Gu references
慨古 11405.xxx ; 11405.0 quotes from Dongjing Fu (see footnote below; see also Sixuan Fu: 思玄賦﹕慨含唏而增愁).
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2.
Tuning and mode
Standard tuning is usually considered as 5 6 1 2 3 5 6. For further information on shang mode see
Shenpin Shang Yi and
Modality in Early Ming Qin Tablature.
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