What problem does it solve? Arranging Chinese-language pop requires knowing which J-pop and Western devices transfer safely and which break against tonal-language melody constraints; this Skill provides evidence-sourced rules so arrangers avoid misborrowed techniques and tone-melody clashes (倒字). ## Core Features & Use Cases - Transfer Table: A verdict table marking which J-pop and Anglo-American devices (harmony, form, instrumentation, melodic density) may, may partially, or may not be carried into Mandarin or Cantonese pop. - Tone-Melody Constraint Handling: Explains how Mandarin's four tones and Cantonese's nine tones restrict melodic leap placement, and routes tone-checking responsibility to the lyric-writing library. - Corpus Statistics: Reports measured key, meter, and tempo distributions from 564 Chinese songbook entries, with explicit honesty about sample sizes and declared gaps. - Use Case: When arranging a Cantopop ballad, check the transfer table before borrowing a J-pop pre-chorus structure, then flag same-melody-different-lyrics sections for tone re-checking in the ARR-SPEC. ## Quick Start Ask the agent to arrange a Mandarin pop song in the style of 2010s Chinese ballads and check whether the planned J-pop harmonic devices are transferable.
