These 3 collections of guitar arrangements have been created over many years using Chinese melodies from various sources. Some of these melodies are quite old while a few are more modern. The sources of the melodies were gathered mostly from many old books that contain notated versions of ancient tunes and folk tunes.
These arrangements for solo guitar
are presented in PDF format with both standard notation and tablature.
The history of Chinese music stretches far back in time and it 
was a fascinating project to research the melodies of the three collections below, some of which reflect a view of life and the universe related to the Chinese philosophies such as Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism, while other melodies are simple folk tunes. I gathered what I consider the most interesting melodies I could find.
A serious study of the amazing music history of China requires much time and I am not an expert scholar in the subject, but I have managed to discover some interesting melodies!
You can listen to MP3 samples of a few pieces...
Collection 1
(Note) The very short simple piece listed below entitled “Heaven & Earth” was arranged using the fabled ancient Chinese “phoenix notes”, used to musically symbolize male-female, yin-yang, heaven-earth etc.
Heaven & Earth
The Horse Of Deep Violet Like Sandalwood Flowers
Wine Drunkenness
Song Of The Yangtze Boatman
The Strumming Of An Elderly Gentleman.....
..... In A State Of Refined Intoxication
Refined Intoxication
Healing Flowe
Picking Tea - Chasing ButterfliesA Bird Flying
A Very Old Chinese Song
All The Blossoms Of Spring
An Offering To The Moon
Ancient Melody
Chinese Folk Song 1
Chinese Folk Song 2
Echo From A Deep Canyon
Embroidery Of Many Colors
Jasmine Flowers
Little Swallow
Love On The Grasslands
Picking Tea - Chasing Butterflies
The Dragon
The Moon Reflecting on the Second Spring
Waves Washing The Sand
MP3 samples
Heaven & Earth
The Horse Of Deep Violet Like Sandalwood Flowers
Wine Drunkenness
Song Of The Yangtze Boatman
The Strumming Of An Elderly Gentleman,,,,,
,,,,,In A State Of Refined Intoxication
Healing Flower
Picking Tea - Chasing Butterflies
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Collection 2
Bird Song
The invention of the the Chinese music system was credited to Huang Ti, a legendary figure said to have lived in the third millennium B.C. The story goes that Huang Ti ordered his court entertainer Ling Lun to “create music”, whereupon Lin Lin travelled westwards Ta Hsia to the north side of the K’un Lun range and gathered bamboos from the valley.
He selected hollow tubes and first created a pitch pipe, for the tone of the Yellow Bell. The he cut twelve of the bamboo pieces and fixed their pitches according to the singing of "Feng Huang" birds.
Cascading Water
Dance of Mu
Departing Friend
Fengyang Flower Drum
Four Seasons Flowers
Liu Yang River
Meadow Love Song
Moon Gong Hung
Peaceful Lake Under The Moon
Peach Blossoms Are Red
Poetry
Pomegranite Blossom Bloom Bright Red
Push Forwared Monkey
Scenic Mount Yimeng
Singing Setting Up A Proud Tea Mountain
Song Of The Yangtze Boatman
Song Of Everlasting Sorrow
Sparrow Master
This is a transcription and a live incantation by a Taoist priest.Prepared as a solo, and also as a guitar arramgement.
Taoist Incantation
Taoist Incantation Solo
Tea Mountain Ginger
The Days Are Getting Sweeter
The Haunts of Pleasure
The Mountain Flowers Are Blooming Bright And Fragrant
The Tea Field
Theme Of The Plum Blossoms
This theme is from a quite ancient Chinese piece named Plum Blossoms. I have prepared the gutar solo of this theme theme in various ways using special effects.
To Fly A Kite
Together In A Small Warm Room
We must learn to be one minded like a candle
White Peony
Ancient Chinese Funeral Tune
Widower Weeping For His Wife
MP3 samples:
Fengyang Flower Drum
Peaceful Lake Under The Moon
Scenic Mount Yimeng
Singing Setting Up A Proud Tea Mountain
Theme Of The Plum Blossoms
Bird Song
Cascading Water
To Fly A Kite
We must learn to be one minded like a candle
White Peony
Widower Weeping For His Wife
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Collection 3
In the history of Chinese music, there are many interesting short melodies that are often originally songs, or simply tunes, and musicians often improvise using such melodies. This is one such collection, arranged for solo guitar
A Cubit Of Sandalwood
A Fall Of Snow On The Pass
A Mountain Forest
Crossing The Threshold
Gold Pearl
Holy Mountain
I Ask For Peace
Joy And Pleasure of Drinking
On The Mountain Ridge
Remembering A Friend
Song By A Fisherman & HIs Wife
The Beautiful Sajram
The Bend Of Tanjid
The Bend Of The Source
The Monastery Bell
The Sound Of A Monastery Bell
Theme Of The Plum Blossoms
To The West Border
Two Clouds
Wood Color
Here is an MP3 sample of a few of these arrangments
so you can get the feel of what they sound like.
Song By A Fisherman & His Wife
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