Study the aspects of “Lady Mengjiang” listed in Worlds of Music that are common to many other examples of Chinese music. How are text lines sometimes linked? What are “cadence” tones? How are unity and variety achieved? Are melodic and textual structure identical?
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• The end tone of one line may be re-used to start the next
• Cadence tones occur at the end of melodic phrases
• Unity is achieved through repetition of melody, re-use of end tone to start next line, and use of the pentatonic scale; variety is achieved through modified repetition, contrasting cadence tones, and added optional notes to the pentatonic scale.
• "Melodic structure is not necessarily identical to textural structure."
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