They had no need of sheet music and no need to tune up with each other because all 108 Liyuan "qu pai," or song formats, were seared in their minds, for they were very likely the only musical tunes these farmers had ever heard in their whole lives.
他們不用看譜，也不必調音，因為南管 108 種曲牌都烙印在每人的腦海裡了，這些可是他們從小聽到大的、僅有的曲調。