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62 CHI NESE MUSIC. At present they are tuned as follows :- 1 2 3 4 G A C D 5 E The scale in the special notation is thus represented :- 6 G 7 A ~ G, the rnt string to be pulled inward with the middle fina f · h h . oer O ng t and. "lti A, ,, 2nd ,, ,, ,, " " ?ij C, ,, 3rd ,, ,, ~ D, ,, 4th ,, ,, ~ E, ,, 5th ,, ,, t::L. .', r. G, 6th t d " " """ " " ,, ou war with the fore-fino-er ~ A, " 7th " " " 0 " " " " n " " " " The following is the part of the ch'in in the first strophe of ;~ H " . e ymn to CONFUCIUS ·- Hiiang-chwng (C) 1s the key-note; pei i-tse (A) b · · egms the tune -(!;J- . a I Q 6 ?) 0 a a -e- a II a 0 II a Q 0 I e s I ..J s ~ ~ I~ ~ §¾j ~ ~ ~ 1tj ij ~ ill: ~ ~ 9 9 ~ ,S a II & ~ ;gi ~ ~ f<.1 .. n a(,.,,.,.,. N Th S A en) . 'd h b . -fJ - J :::E.J ~ o. 2 o.- e e !Z• is sa1 to ave een mvented b p, H - had originally 50 strings. It is recorded that "when a ce !t . AOMi SI (~ i'f!), and to have . , . f h E I am ss Su (~ ) perfonmng on the se ~ the presence o t e mperor HuANa Ti ,_ ffi wa~ one day instrument impressed him so deeply and 1·endered him s (1ft ~), the strams of the the number of strings to be reduced by one-half." 1 0 sorrowful th at he forthwith ordered The se is made on the p1·inciple of the ch'in, and like th . . f ll . . ' at mstrument h b the subJect o numerous a ego11cal compansons. The numb . f . , as een made . . ei o strmo-s l · been sometrmes 27 or 25, sometrmes 19 or 23; but the se n . o ias varied, havino- d bl ·a Th ow m use has . o string is elevate on a mova e bn ge. ese b1·idges i·epr 2 5 strmgs. Each . . esent the fi 1 five are blue, the next red, the five 111 the middle are yellow and ve co ours : the first lastly five black. ' th en come five white, and There are four kinds of se~ inches. differing only m dimensions,-the longest measuring 8 I ' See ffl fft, chap. 5.