Song of Secluded Orchid 幽蘭操 music fr. ballet “Confucius” by Zhang Qu arranged for qin by Shuishan Yu

The music for this piece is from the Chinese dance drama “Confucius” composed by Zhang Qu. I arrange it to play on guqin. As guqin music, this piece is unique as it uses six different keys. I use the common tuning Zhonglu-jun (third string Do=F). The melody starts in F major slow and calm. As the momentum builds up, the music migrates to C major, then D major, E major, G major, and finally ends in B flat major. In the dance drama, the F major, G major, and B flat major parts have lyrics, which is a variation of an ancient poem attributed to Confucius.
仲呂均、仲呂調 轉黃鐘調 轉太簇調 轉姑洗調 轉林鐘調 轉無射調、宮音
選自舞劇《孔子》
張渠 作曲
于水山 編訂指法
（1）此曲將同一個古樸的旋律在六個不同的調上演奏，是在古琴上熟悉轉調的好素材。
（2）筆者在此以仲呂均定弦，以同均調始，進入近關係調黃鐘、較遠關係調太簇、中間是最遠的姑洗調、再到較近的林鐘調、最後是近關係調無射；轉調原則極為清晰，以仲呂調為參照，由近及遠再復近。
（3）系統訓練仲呂均上的轉調，可多彈《于水山古琴練習曲集》之曲三十七。
舞劇《孔子》中歌詞：
习习谷风，以阴以雨。
之子于归，远送于野。
何彼苍天，不得其所。
逍遥九州，无所定处。
世人暗蔽，不知贤者。
年纪逝迈，一身将老。
伤不逢时，寄兰作操。