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64 CHINESE MUSIC. Each of these characters indicates which strings are to be played together. The se when well tuned is supposed to give five octaves. Below is _the part played by the se in the Con– fucian Hymn, first verse :- Hiiang-chung (C) is the key-note; pei i-tse (A) begins the air. ..a. ..a.. -G- ..a.. 0 ::rx: Q 0 c> 0 -0- _a_ --s- -0- _a_ --e-- :0:: -e- ::0: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~- ~ :c~~j::==o====o====:::===::::a::::=ln:I=:::========c}===Q==-=YI .. ~ – ,~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ -e- ..a.. 0 0 _.a., -e- -0- -0 ..a. - -0-- 0 No. 21-The Tseng (tf) is exactly the same as the se in foi· d . . d m an prmc1ple b · · smaller and has only 14 strings, all elevate on movable bridges. It is d . ;. ut it is the se at imperial receptions and on j oyful occasions. The not t' _us~ m_ preference to of the sl a wn is identical with that No. 22.-Tbe P'i-p'a (*~),or " balloon guitar," is about 3 £ l the body. It has fom sillc strings which are said to rer)resent th £ eet ong, a n <l 1 foot wide in · e our seasons Th· other allegories enforce the belief that the p'i-p'a has a more or 1 . . · is and some f . . d . . k . h . ess ancient oriO'in b t th d o its mtro uct10n 1s not nown wit certamty. o , u e ate