"Illustration of Wei's Musical Instruments"

...There are many short pieces such as "Heshengchao" that have a strong Gagaku color and the opening and closing notes of the song are the same. "Weishi Musical Instruments Map" published in 1980 features percussion instruments such as the dragon flute, the xiao, the hichiriki, the susho pipe, the biwa, the guekin, the strings of the xiaozhu, the large and small drums, the cloud luo, and the danban, but singing is the main focus. If you compare this with the novel "Jin Ping Mei," which lists many Ming dynasty popular songs, you will see that the instruments are similar but the music is different....

*Some of the terminology used in the "Illustration of Wei's Musical Instruments" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…《賀聖朝》など雅楽的色彩が濃く歌い出しが終止音と同音の小曲が多い。80年刊《魏氏楽器図》に竜笛（りゆうてき），横簫（おうしよう），篳篥（ひちりき），巣笙の管，琵琶，月琴，小瑟の弦，大小鼓，雲鑼（うんら），檀板の打楽器をのせるが歌唱が主である。これを明代俗曲を多数あげる小説《金瓶梅》中のものと比べると楽器は似るが楽曲は異なる。…

※「《魏氏楽器図》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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