Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c11.s2.t3.6

v2.c11.s2.t3.6

Kucha prosody of “Five Rhymes and Seven Sounds” taught by Sujiva was also called “Five Rhymes and Seven Melodies”, and was a mode of Kucha music. “Dan” means rhyme. “Five Rhymes and Seven Melodies” were established over five different types of pitches. *Sui Book* • *Music Records* stated that “its sounds should be five rhymes of Huangzhong, Taicu, Linzhong, Nanlv and Guxian.” They formed seven melodies based on a heptachord. Each rhyme has seven melodies and “Five Rhymes” have total 35 melodies. “Seven melodies” means Gong, Shang, Jue, Bianzhi, Zhi, Yu and Biangong”. If being ordered according to musical scale, those melodies will be “5 6 b7 1 2 3 4”. They are also the tonic of 28 melodies and seven Gong of Yan music: Huangzhong Gong, Zheng Gong, Gao Gong, Zhonglv Gong, Daodiao Gong, Nanlv Gong and Xianlv Gong.