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China's ancient notes?

In ancient China, there were five tones: Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng and Yu; In the west, there are seven tones: duo-re-mi-fa-suo-la-ti.

In ancient China, there were five tones, namely, palace, upper horn, positive tone and depressed tone, six tones, even seven tones. Modes are much more complex and rich than western music.

There are twelve laws in China music and twelve absolute pitches used in ancient China music. There is a semitone relationship between them, which is called twelve laws. Their names are: Huang Zhong, Lu Da, Tai Cong, Jia Zhong, Gu Guan, Zhong Lu, Yan Bin, Lin Zhong, Yize, Nan Lu, Wu She and Ying Zhong.

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The corresponding relationships between the Twelve Laws of ancient China and the twelve absolute pitches of western music are: Huang Zhong, Lu Da, Tai Cong, Jia Zhong, Gu Xian, Zhong Lu, Li Bin, Lin Zhong, Yi Ze, Nan Lu, Wu She and Ying Zhong. C 1,#c 1,d 1,e 1,e 1,# f 1,g 1,a 1,A655438+0。

Among them, Huang Zhong and Tai Cong, who rank in odd numbers, are called six laws, while Da Lu and Jia Zhong, who rank in even numbers, are called six laws, so the twelve laws are also collectively called "laws and regulations".

China's traditional music theory reveals the connotation of the modern concept "scale" from different angles such as sound, rhythm and sound. In the traditional national mode, there are five kinds of tonic tones that are commonly used, namely, male, upper, angular, positive and Yu, which are equivalent to "duo, heat, mi, sol and la" in the first mode, and are called pentatonic scale.

The word "five tones" first appeared in "Zhou Li Chun Guan": "All words are written in five tones, and palace merchants seek feathers. The pentatonic scale of "Er" was first seen in Mencius and Li Lou: "A pentatonic scale cannot be correct without six tones. "

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Baidu encyclopedia-pentatonic scale