Report

This article derives from a speech at the 2019 forum to commemorate the 120th anniversary of Professor Yng Ynli's birth.It contains two large sections.The first section is a brief report of how, since the beginning of the 21st century, the author has introduced modern linguistics and other non-conventional methods for notation and analysis, taking the analysis of the sounds of chngc as the starting point for research, and contributing to the systematic construction of the cross-cutting discipline "linguistics of music" in music institutions.The section also introduces the newly published monograph Exploring Regional Charms Beyond Musical Notes: Analysis of the Sounds of chngc (2020), the textbook Foundation of the Linguistics of Music (2018), and the research project "Yushu in Chinese Vocal Music" for "Unpopular and Esoteric Projects," supported by the National Social Science Fund of China (2019).The second section of the article further argues for the need for linguistics of music from three perspectives: the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage, thick description of regional music, and music composition with Chinese elements.The article discusses not only the sounds of words as music but also the issue of phonetic notation in musical scores.