What does this symbol (夂) mean?

[d̗̰̗͆͘ǎ͔̱͈̰̬̫ͨ̌ͮͥ͗ͭ̕vid]

This is from the 广东音乐 piece、平湖秋月。The character radical means "go," but in this score what is it?

Ive looked for a list of score symbols, but that didn't help. lol

[paulv]

david,

When I posted those charts a long time ago, I saw that symbol had no definition, I wondered the same thing.

Here's the entire score if someone needs to refer to it:



Good luck and I hope someone has a real answer for you.

Regards,

paul...

[phoenixiao]

Ancient Chinese words are really interesting. I'm not into erhu playing but got curious and did a bit of digging around.

Apparently it means 小擊也, or lightly strike/hit. I'm not sure what that means in erhu "language" though I suspect it's this:
youtu.be/WXbYMxexCV8?t=1m28s (there's a bit of lifting and striking to accent the 2nd note in "6765")

The long story behind the word 夂 (in traditional Chinese):
www.storm.mg/lifestyle/69920

[d̗̰̗͆͘ǎ͔̱͈̰̬̫ͨ̌ͮͥ͗ͭ̕vid]

Aug 28, 2018 17:03:01 GMT phoenixiao said:

Ancient Chinese words are really interesting. I'm not into erhu playing but got curious and did a bit of digging around.

Apparently it means 小擊也, or lightly strike/hit. I'm not sure what that means in erhu "language" though I suspect it's this:
youtu.be/WXbYMxexCV8?t=1m28s (there's a bit of lifting and striking to accent the 2nd note in "6765")

The long story behind the word 夂 (in traditional Chinese):
www.storm.mg/lifestyle/69920

Thanks, I figured it out. It's like a mordent, but a bit more simplified. It's called souyin. I found an etude for it.
bbs.yanzoujia.net/neirongErHuYuePu/ErHuLianXiQu/8579.htm

[phoenixiao]

Learnt something new too. It's helpful when I play Xiao pieces which often are derived from erhu, guzheng, or guqin pieces.
My teacher advised me to imagine how the original instruments are played to get a "feel".

[d̗̰̗͆͘ǎ͔̱͈̰̬̫ͨ̌ͮͥ͗ͭ̕vid]

Aug 28, 2018 17:30:02 GMT phoenixiao said:

Learnt something new too. It's helpful when I play Xiao pieces which often are derived from erhu, guzheng, or guqin pieces.
My teacher advised me to imagine how the original instruments are played to get a "feel".

My guan/hichiriki teacher also taught me that.

Thanks 4 your help