Numbered musical notation and so on. Dashes after a note lengthen it, each dash by the length of a quarter note. A dot after the plain or underlined note works increases its length by half, and two dots by three quarters. The underline, along with its joining, are analogous to the number of flags and beaming in standard notation. So are dotted notes. But the analogue stops at notes worth three quarter notes and beyond, where dashes are used instead. The number "0" represents the musical rest. The rules for length is similar to that of the note, except that it is customary
Gongche notation scores (although they typically perform from memory). "Kunkunshi", a Ryukyuan musical notation still in use for sanshin, was directly influenced by Gongche. Gongche notation Gongche" notation or gongchepu is a traditional musical notation method, once popular in ancient China. It uses Chinese characters to represent musical notes. It was named after two of the Chinese characters that were used to represent musical notes, namely "" "gōng" and "" "chě". Since the pronunciation "chě" for the character "" is uncommon, many people call it gongchi" notation or gongchipu by mistake. Sheet music written in this notation is still used for traditional