一些宋代乐谱流传了下来。其中既有弦线乐谱，也有用相对和绝对音高来记谱的乐谱。比如广为流传的中便收有鼓和琴等的古谱。

• "a number of musical notations, both tablatures and pitch-notations (relative and absolute) survive from the Song period; for instance, tablatures for drum, zither, etc. are to be found in the popular encyclopedia Shilin guangji."