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音階 おんかい

  1. scale

五音音階 ごおんおんかい

  1. pentatonic scale

長音階 ちょうおんかい

  1. major scale

半音階 はんおんかい

  1. chromatic scale

全音階 ぜんおんかい

  1. diatonic scale

短音階 たんおんかい

  1. minor scale

琉球音階 りゅうきゅうおんかい

  1. Okinawan scale (hemitonic pentatonic scale: do, mi, fa, so, ti)

陽音階 ようおんかい

  1. anhemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing no semitones)

陰音階 いんおんかい

  1. hemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing semitones)

都節音階 みやこぶしおんかい

  1. miyako-bushi scale (characteristic Japanese hemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, fa, la, ti, do)
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