What is Du Jie Carving?

Du Jie Tune is a Japanese folk tune. This is a pentatonic scale without semitones. The core tone is the fourth tone besides the tonic. It consists of two identical quadratic and cubic quartic sequences. The syllables of Du Jie Tone are: alto (3 4 6 7) treble (1) alto (3). "Cherry Blossom" adopts the mode of "Du Jie". The melody of the songs is soft and smooth, which shows the carefree mood of Japanese people when they watch cherry blossoms.

Modal refers to a number of musical tones with different heights, which are organized together according to a certain interval relationship around a stable central tone and become an organic system, called modal. Mode is a musical organizational structure created by human beings in their long-term musical practice. Usually, when expounding the concept of mode, the central tone of mode-tonic tone is often used as the starting point and the end point, and other sounds are arranged in the form of scale in pitch order, which is called mode scale. In different historical periods, different nationalities and regions have formed various models. Various modes have their own characteristics and expressive force because of their scale structure, the relationship between modes and their different rhythms. The combination of mode and other expressive techniques can give music certain expressiveness and different styles.