Hello,
I recently came back from a vacation in China, where I purchased
several Dizi, and Chinese music for the Dizi. I have used this type of
notation (Sol Fa, aka Cipher Notation, aka "Kung-ch'e system", with
numbers and dots above them for the notes, and lines under the numbers
for note durations) before, but I have never seen a complete tutorial
of all the various embellishment symbols. Can you point me to some
resource that I might be able to use? I'd prefer it in English, but my
girlfriend is Chinese, so even if it was in Mandarin, I might be able
to use it.
Thanks very much for your time,
Andrew Sharpe
asharpe@sasquatch.com
P.S. Why did I ask this mailing list? Well, I also play shakuhachi,
and I greatly respect the opinions of the members of this list. In
addition, since the notation may not be limited to China, I thought
perhaps that someone might have some more information.
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