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Music: Chinese Poetry and Music

Formal elements - Scansion

Introduction of "meter" and "scansion"
from Purdue Online Writing Lab

Jueju 绝句 - A style of Chinese poetry
The five-syllable-long form is called wujue (五绝) and the seven-syllable-long form qijue (七绝)

Common examples on Wikipedia
Recent-style Shi poetry : pentasyllabic regulated verse (Wuyan Lushi)
Look for the paragraphs for "couplets"
INTRODUCTION TO TANG POETRY Regulated Verse

Tonal Patterns in Chinese regulated Verse

Traditional way to Recite the poem 《将进酒》：

Modern Interpretation of 《将进酒》：

Ancient Chinese Rime Tables
Pinyin Table
create a rhyme with the pinyin table
LINE Dictionary
Search the Chinese word and get the Pinyin
5 famous poems that every Chinese kid knows
See the pinyin of the poems

Teacher Resources

Chinese Musical Instruments