Pitch sense - Onkan

Japanese: 音感 - おんかん

〘Noun〙① A term used in Nohgaku. The feeling of sound or music. The emotions that sound or music produces. ※Fuukyokushu (around 1423) "You should have a sense of pitch that will help your voice and add color to the music."② The ability to sense and distinguish the pitch, length, strength, etc. of sounds. There is absolute pitch, which allows you to distinguish the absolute pitch of a sound without any assistance, and relative pitch, which allows you to judge the nature of a sound by comparing it with other sounds. ※Jiuta (1956) <Ariyoshi Sawako> "A father and son with an extraordinary talent for pitch"

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 能楽の用語。音や音楽の感じ。音や音楽の生む感動。※風曲集（1423頃）「声をたすけ、曲を色どる音感あるべし」② 音の高低、長短、強弱などを感受、識別できる能力。高低については補助手段なしに絶対的な音の高さを聞き分ける絶対音感と、他の音との比較において音の性質を判断する相対音感とがある。※地唄（1956）〈有吉佐和子〉「音感に並みはずれた才能を持つ父と子が」

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