A Research on Unconventional Scale Systems in

• Main Authors: Ya-Ling Yu, 尤雅玲
• Other Authors: 樊慰慈
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/40964667136402116238

碩士 === 中國文化大學 === 音樂研究所 === 93 === Abstract This thesis is focused on the unconventional scale systems of modern Zheng works. It is divided into five chapters as follows: The first chapter, the guidance, mainly discusses the direction of the thesis, including the motivations, objectives, range, process and methods of the research. The second chapter, the Chinese traditional unconventional scale systems of Zheng music, introduces the process that the ancient Zheng, the Chinese zither, whose number of strings increases with the evolution of the very long history, gradually forms the most popular Twenty-one-stringed Zheng so far. The evolution and development of musical scale are important chapters and sections. In certain meaning of speaking, the melody of music is supported by musical scale and could be thought of as the “framework” of music. The musical scale of mode in Chinese music is rich and colorful from ancient times to the present and is one of the four biggest mode systems: Chinese, Indian, the Ancient Greek, and the Meddle Ages. According to the historical records of Chinese music, the unconventional scale systems of Zheng music in ancient times was also various. Therefore, relevant information is collected, and then the evolution of the number of strings of Zheng is concluded in this chapter. The third chapter, the classification of the musical scales of unconventional scale systems in innovative Zheng music, firstly includes that the method of the unconventional scale systems in traditional twenty-one-stringed Zheng was arranged by five musical scales of sound, gong, shang, jue, zhi, and yu, which totally have four octaves from the bass to the high pitch. However, that composers and performers continuously conceived musical creation and broke through the modern virtuosic skills gradually reveals the insufficiency and limitations of the unconventional scale systems In recent ten years, there have been a block of new Zheng music of particular unconventional scale systems with novel characteristics, and the new Zheng music acquire much great achievement. Thus, in the chapter, the newly created musical scales of unconventional scale systems in Zheng music are classified into four categories and are discussed respectively. The fourth chapter, take the part of the songs of Ya-Ling You’s Zheng music Recital for example to discuss innovative unconventional scale systems in Zheng music and analyze the performance, analyzes the four representative songs, Uion Liong Ion Hua, Si Ui Suei Siang, Qiong Chiong San Zchang, and Qu Mong Luan, to discuss the relevance among unconventional scale systems in Zheng music, style and characteristics of songs, et cetera. The fifth chapter, the conclusion, synthesizes the above process and results of the research. The research would analyze on which factors and logical thinking the composers base new unconventional scale systems not only to control the feature of songs more during the performance but also to provide more directions of thinking for people who want to compose the Zheng music in the future.