Bold Skepticism Requires Cautious Verification—A Discussion on HUANG Datong's "Validation of the 'Fu-Zeng System' in the Zenghouyi Bells"
This article posits that Mr.HUANG Datong has misinterpreted Mr.HUANG Xiangpeng's intention in presenting the"diagram showing the two-tone Fu-Zeng relationship of each Zenghouyi bell."He confuses the relationship between the"theoretical twelve-tone structure"at the level of music theory and the"twelve-tone structure of the bell body"at the level of organology.
Zenghouyi BellsHUANG XiangpengFu-Zeng systemtheoretical twelve-tone structuretwelve-tone structure of the bell body