Chapter 77 five tones and seven tones

The five tones are the five roll names Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, and Yu with only relative pitches, roughly equivalent to the five roll names of 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 in Western music. Pentatonic Scale: Gong Shangjiao Zhengyu Modern roll call: 1 2 3 5 6 These five tones constitute the traditional pentatonic scale in our country.Add a half-tone change sign between Jiao and Zheng, and add a half-tone change palace between Yu and Gong to form "seven tones", forming a seven-tone scale. Seven-tone Scale: Gongshangjiao to Zhengyu to Gongzheng Gong Modern roll call: 1 2 3# 4 5 6 7i The earliest Chinese seven-tone scale, semitones are between fourths, fifths, sevenths, and octaves, which is different from modern times, called "old scales"; the semitones that appeared later are between thirds, fourths, sevenths, and octaves The seven-tone scale between them is called "new scale".

Seven New Scales: Gong Shang Jiao Qing Zheng Yu Bian Gong Jiao Gong Modern roll call: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7i