China’s first official publication of the pipa set. Qing Hua Qiu Ping compiled, so called “Hua Qiu Ping Pipa spectrum”, referred to as “Fahrenheit spectrum.” A total of three volumes, a collection of North and South factions lute songs 62, Okuma six sets in Jiaqing 23 years (1818) print and publish. Pipa in the Sui and Tang dynasties (581–618) before, is collectively hold plucked the forward pop-called lute, pick back into said Pa. Today’s entry lute song originated in Persia, at about the middle of the sixth century descendant China Yangtze River region, by playing the Tang Dynasty wooden dial, finger play gradually improved, with rich colors and difficult performance playing skills .
A lute spectrum
Pass on the volume included Wang Junxi spectrum, there are paper plates 5, Wu plate 7, miscellaneous board “Pu’an curse” one, Okuma “ten faces” a (also known as “Huai Ping Chu” in “Fahrenheit spectrum” named “Ten face”). Middle and lower volumes included Zhejiang Jiang Chenmu mass spectrum of Cardiff. The volume of “Sichun”, “Zhao Jun” and other text plate 18, “step by step”, “clever dressing” and other martial board 12, “Spring is good”, “phoenix title beads” and other readily eight plates 5, “inverted Chui Lian “,” Satsuki children high “and other miscellaneous plate 14. Scroll down the “General”, “Bury Me,” “Haiqing Nahor”, “high monthly child” and “S & P Um curse” and Okuma 5. Fahrenheit when compiled without the additions and changes, faithful to the old spectrum, and with reference to the piano by word spectral method, developed a relatively complete lute tablature word for lute tune a stringed instrument, the position, fingering, etc. to be standardized, for outstanding pipa’s preserve and spread a great contribution.
History 2 lute
Over the years, China has formed a lot of lute genre, notably Zhejiang, Zhili, Wuxi, Pudong and Chongming Pinghu faction, the factions of the same songs in the score, fingering and playing style, and all have their own characteristics. Wuxi send representatives Hua Qiu Ping, also known Wenbin, (1784-1859), Hall No. cloud by owner, Wuxi swing Town people. Good at the piano and sing opera, good poetry, sculpture, painting, through medicine, once practice for the industry, is an artist of great wisdom and foresight. He believes that the scores between the factions has been mentoring for the direct giving and receiving, the music has not been able to widespread, master of music scores, and in the course of private copies, often “Lu Hai hog fish of errors”, resulting in lute playing Art restricted development which pipa art is very unfavorable.
Qing Qianlong and Jiaqing period, although many schools, but the Chinese pipa divided into north and south line, south to Zhejiang Jiang Chenmu husband, represented North Zhili Wang Junxi places as eagerly. Hua Qiu Ping south becoming north, to the then two people Chen Mu husband and 王锡君 learn secret spectrum factions, learn to return to Wuxi, he worked with colleagues CPT Hill, Hanako with Zhu right springs, Xue Yu Quan, etc. in humbly listen to Qiu Jin sound, Chen Mei bottles, Cai Kaiji and other Wuxi school seniors opinion, based on the acquisition Textual series became the “north-south two faction secretary of the lute spectrum really Biography” (referred to as “Fahrenheit spectrum”) in three volumes, in Jiaqing 23 years (1818 ) published early moment, is China’s first published lute music scores.
3 “Fahrenheit spectrum” Introduction
“Fahrenheit spectrum” contains a total of 14 Northern School, Southern School 54, the labor board feet spectral points in mind to write, marginalia fingering. Hua Qiu Ping Qin reference spectrum method with less words, standardized and developed a more complete lute tablature symbols (left hand fingering 16, right hand fingering 8), lute scores on later records, compiled foundation.
“Fahrenheit spectrum” has a great impact on future generations, the famous pipa “House of Flying Daggers” (also known as “Huai Ping Chu”, called “Ten face” in “Fahrenheit spectrum”) was first to see the full music here; Wuxi famous pipa artist Yang Ting fruit only survive in the world of work “Pu’an curse” See also here; other factions more or less adopted the “Fahrenheit spectrum” in the part of the song, and have become popular now finishing playing music; Wuxi faction also therefore rise to fame.
4 “north and south two faction secretary of the lute spectrum”
“North-South two faction secretary of the lute spectrum” before and after the publication of three times, for the study of lute tablature, provided valuable information on the later scholars have had a greater impact. Wuxi faction Dipai successor much, and now able to interpret, apply Gongche spectrum of people became even more rare. Nevertheless, Wuxi faction in the mid-Qing Dynasty played a connecting role, contribution to the development of art made Pipa is indeed historic.
