A Study On The Zhuan Of Yuan Cheng Shuang Notation

The object of this dissertation is a notation called Zhuan of Yuan Cheng Shuang(愿成双)in the Southern Song Dynasty. In view of the lack of consensus and the misunderstand of concepts in the current study of the Zhuan(赚)of Yuan Cheng Shuang, I will be give the further explores based on existing research.I discovered the records in the formulas of Chang Zhuan(唱赚)which was called E Yun Yao Jue(遏云要诀)would be expressed and inherited to some extent in the Zhuan of the operatic scores in the subsequent generations, then combined the above two aspects as the research basis, interpreting the issues including the notes, the symbolノ,the characters, the music structure, the beat and rhythm, filling in Lyrics, etc. And my opinions are as followings:A note could be correspond to a lyric in the Zhuan in Yuan Cheng Shuang notation. The symbolノhave three implications:the first is a phrase sign, the second is a pause sign, and the third is a beat sign.The character Jindou(巾斗)means not only the melody is repeated, but also the lyrics is repeated. There are four sections of music structure in the Zhuan of Yuan Cheng Shuang notation in which the beat is equivalent to the Down Beat(板)and the alternating characteristics between the Quantitative Beats(定量节拍)and Non-quantitative Beats(非定量节拍)are existed. It is a kind of skeleton notation, etc.