Монголын бурханы шашны дуу <Цагаан дарь эхийн залбирал> гүр дууны судалгаа

Study on Ancient Music Score of Mongolian Buddhist Song, ‘Tsagaan dara ehiin zalbiral’

This paper is a comparative analysis on the ancient music score and sound source of the Mongolian Buddhist song, Gur Duu. For the comparative analysis, this paper used the ancient music score from 1897 owned by Aimag Folk Museum at Bayankhongor, Mongolia and transcribed the staff by using the sound source recorded in 1979 with the same title, ‘Tsagaan dara ehiin zalbiral’, owned by Institute of Language and Literature, Mongolian Academy of Science. The manuscript from 1897 includes total of 64 Gur duu pieces and each piece is divided into 3 keys of upper key, lower key, and Chakhar. ‘Tsagaan dara ehiin zalbiral’ Gur duu analyzed in this paper falls under the upper key of 10-string yatgalig. The register for ‘Tsagaan dara ehiin zalbiral’ Gur duu in the manuscript covers from the low octave sol(g) to higher octave la(a) in fa(F) major. Meanwhile, ‘Tsagaan dara ehiin zalbiral’ in the recorded sound source is do (C)major and its register covers from low la(a) note to high do(c) with 10 intervals. In the ancient music score of ‘Tsagaan dara ehiin zalbiral’ Gur duu, the ancient music score was composed of 6 limes while the recorded sound source included 8 phrases. Each song was sang in both closed and open sets. In the comparative analysis on the ancient music score and sound source that were preserved in the form of written record and oral tradition with 100-year gap, the ancient music score and sound source showed the same key while involving difference in melody and lyrics. It is assumed that the beat got faster over time. This study holds significance in comparing the written tradition and oral tradition by using the ancient music score and sound source.