Qinpu () are
tablature score collections for the
guqin
The ''guqin'' (; ) is a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument. It has been played since ancient times, and has traditionally been favoured by scholars and literati as an instrument of great subtlety and refinement, as highlighted b ...
, a Chinese musical instrument.
Description
Qinpu are collections of tablatures of music for the guqin. In the past, music was passed on from teacher to student. Only recently has tablature been written down, often to preserve music or as a reference book. Tablature comes in form of individual pieces and collections. Collections often have explanations for fingering, background information, musical analyses, and other additional information attached to them.
Different types of qinpu
There are several different types of qinpu one can obtain.
* Original editions are qinpu printed at the original time of publication, or re-issues during the past. These are mostly kept in libraries and private collections. Since they are original, they tend to be fragile.
* Photographic reprints is basically a scan of the original qinpu and reduced size reprint in modern binding. The most famous is the ''Qinqu Jicheng''.
* Lithographic facsimiles are becoming more popular. The original qinpu is scanned, then it is lithographically printed on xuan paper. They are bound in
traditional Chinese book binding
Traditional Chinese bookbinding, also called stitched binding (Chinese: ''xian zhuang''), is the method of bookbinding that the Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, and Vietnamese used before adopting the modern codex form.
History Scroll
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method.
* Modern reset editions appeared after 2005. These have modern typographic elements and are often reset using more recent editions or handcopies of original qinpu.
See also
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Qin notation
The Musical notation, notation of the guqin is a unique form of tablature for the Chinese musical instrument, with a history of over 1,500 years, still in use today.
History
Written qin music did not directly tell what notes were played; inste ...
References
:''Please see:''
References section in the guqin article for a full list of references used in all qin related articles.
*Zha, Fuxi (1958). ''Cunjian Guqin Qupu Jilan'' 【存見古琴曲譜輯覽】. Beijing: The People's Music Press. .
Christopher Evan's siteZha Fuxi
Zha Fuxi (; 1895–1976), also known as Zha Yiping () was a leading player and scholar of the guqin. Born in Jiangxi, he started learning guqin in his childhood. In 1936, he co-founded the Jinyu Qin Society () which later became one of the major ...
's list of tablature collections in
pinyin alphabetical order
Pinyin alphabetical order, or Pinyin order in short, is a sound-based Chinese character sorting method which has been used for arrangement of entries in ''Xinhua Dictionary'', ''Xiandai Hanyu Cidian'', ''Oxford Chinese Dictionary'' and many other m ...
.
John Thompson: Guqin HandbooksA chronological list with more detailed listing and links.
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