The article deals with the stylistic features of the Fujian musical genre Nanyin. The history of the genre, Nanyin and Liyuan as a pair of genres, instrumental composition, plots, notation, and modal features of Nanyin are considered. A special place is given to the similarity of the Nanyin genre and music for guqin zither.
Keywords
Chinese traditional music; nanyin; nanyin instrumental composition; gongchepu notation; runqiang.