Tang-era piece: Ti Qin Yue《提琴樂》

Tang-era piece:  Ti Qin Yue

《提琴樂》

compiled by David Badagnani (rev. 16 November 2021)

In an effort to make this information more accessible, this document contains resources related to the Tang-era piece entitled Ti Qin Yue《提琴樂》(Taking Up the Qin), which exists in the form of instrumental parts for a single-movement piece in the Dorian mode consisting of 11 measures of 8/4.

As preserved in a single Sino-Japanese source, Hakuga Fue-fu『博雅笛譜』, also known as Hakuga no Fue-fu (literally "Hakuga's Fue Scores"), and properly known as Shinsen Gaku-fu (Chōshukyō Chiku-fu) 『新撰樂譜（長秋卿竹譜）』(literally "Newly Compiled Music Scores (Lord Long Autumn's Bamboo [Flute] Scores)") (966), this piece is called Teikin-raku『提琴樂（ていきんらく）』.

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Videos and recordings of Ti Qin Yue

● Full-ensemble realization of Ti Qin Yue, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds, revised version (Japan, 2021)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH9oHEh-iNo

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Bibliography

● Marett, Allan.  "Tunes Notated in Flute-Tablature from a Japanese Source of the Tenth Century."  Musica Asiatica, vol. 1 (1977), pp. 1-59.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0193232340/

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