再作play again
Pinyin: zài zuò
Terms and marksPlay the phrase or section just played once more, as written.
How it is played
Written after a phrase or section to say that the part just played is repeated, two passes in all. Zuo means one pass. Where the repeat starts is usually given separately: a 「 beside the starting jianzi marks a repeat “from 「”; returning to the head of the section is “from the top again”; three passes is “twice more”.
In the classical handbooks
再作也。照譜上文再作一遍，共二遍也。Gist: Zai zuo: play the preceding text of the score once more, two passes in all.
Where sources disagree
Where the repeat starts when only “zai zuo” is written
- Play the preceding text once more; no starting point is given. Source: Qinxue Rumen (Introduction to Qin Studies), vol. 1, left-hand symbols(opens in a new window) · View the original page
- The starting point of the repeat is marked by a vertical line. Source: Yihe Qin Society, “Jianzipu: a short guide to technique symbols”(opens in a new window)
- Repeat the previous section. Source: Guoqinwang, “54 guqin techniques in one chart”(opens in a new window)
Easily confused with
- 从「再作cóng zài zuò· repeat from the markCong zai zuo marks the start with a 「 beside the jianzi and repeats only the stretch from the mark to here.
- 从头再作cóng tóu zài zuò· repeat from the topCong tou zai zuo explicitly returns to the head of the section.