As early as the 1920s, my country's outstanding musicologist Wang Guangqi (1891 ~ 1936) proposed the concept of music system. In his book "Music of Oriental Nations", he based on the analysis of music form , pioneeringly summarized and divided the music of many ethnic groups in the world into three major systems, namely the "Chinese Music System", the "Greek Music System" and the "Persian-Arabic Music System". In the 1980s, contemporary ethnomusicologists Du Yaxiong and Wang Guangqi proposed the theories of "Chinese music system", "European music system" and "Persian-Arabic music system" on the basis of theory. In the book "Traditional Music of Chinese Ethnic Minorities" published in 2001, ethnomusicologist Tian Liantao (editor-in-chief of the book) synthesized the research results of Wang and Du, added new content, and proposed that "East Asian music system", "European music system" The names "Persian-Arabic Music System" and "Persian-Arabic Music System" are used to summarize the music systems of various nationalities in the world. At the same time, it is believed that the "Persian-Arabic music system" may be replaced by the "West Asian and North African music system". This book believes that Professor Tian Liantao's summary and expression of the world's national music systems is of great significance. It also believes that West Asia and North Africa, East Asia and Europe are equivalent concepts, which coincides with the region of the traditional "Islamic world". Therefore, it is inclined to agree with the three major The musical names are expressed as "East Asian Music Series", "European Music Series", and "Western and North African Music Series".

Wang Guangqi