Hi guys
I'm trying to trace the origin of melodic notation in Japan. I'm looking for
Tibetan musical notation. When the melody is
represented on the text, by curved lines. Does anyone have any
pictures of this? May be known as yang yig. I was hoping for old documents. I
have found some pictures of pages on the internet, from 19th century. I was
hoping for older texts, to get more of an idea how it looked before it came to
Japan. I have searched through the International Dunhuang Project website, but
have found nothing. I could be using the wrong search terms perhaps - they have
a lot of pages there! It would be really great to see notation from their
collection, and I am really hoping that there is some, if the system is that
old.

If anyone has any pictures, or knows where I can find them online, I would
really appreciate to hear about it. Also new ones
would be appreciated such as I have seen monks writing by hand on
their texts. Also if anyone knows the history of the notation system,
I would really love to hear about it. Was this system passed to China
and used in their chant texts? Did the system originate in Tibet or
elsewhere, (such as China or India)?

Best wishes
Justin