摘要
陶埙,是我国一种十分古老的吹奏乐器。《拾遺記》說:"庖牺灼土为埙"。《通历》說:"帝嚳造埙"。《世本》說:"埙,暴辛公所造"。类似的传說还有一些,不必多举。这些传說所具体指出的創制陶埙的人物,当然是不可靠的;但其言陶埙之有悠久历史。
In the archaeological record, the history of the pottery hsun, a wind instrument, can be traced back to the Neolithic Age.Originally, the pottery hsun was probably a hunting implement inspired by some natural pipes. After its adoption as a musical instrument, it gradually developed into a melodic instrument. Toward the end of the Shang-Yin dynasty, it had already assumed its basic form as we find it today.Acoustic measurements conducted on a number of specimens reveal that the pottery hsun used toward the end of the Shang-Yin dynasty was a rather advanced type of wind instrument capable of making transitions. These have also enabled the author to infer that such musical concepts as the scale, mode, perfect fifth, consonant thirds, semitone, absolute pitch and standard pitch etc. were all known to the Late Shang-Yin people. This finding has shed much new light on the music of this period.
出处
《考古学报》
1964年第1期51-54,150,共5页
Acta Archaeologica Sinica
