Irokotoba - Irokotoba

Japanese: イロ詞 - いろことば
Irokotoba - Irokotoba

…Like Noh chants, Kyogen chants are divided into two types of chanting, tsuyogin and yowagin, and two major rhythmic types, ai (flat, medium, and large) and awazu. In particular, yowagin has a basic scale with high, medium, and low tones, with jouki, kuri, and koguri tones higher than the high tones, and ryo tones lower than the low tones. However, in addition to these, there are many chants that have musical forms unique to Kyogen, such as Kyogen nori, kouta, and iro kotoba. Kyogen nori is similar to flat and medium nori, and is said to resemble the traditional jibyoushi of Noh. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "iro-kotoba" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…狂言謡も能の謡と同じく,ツヨ吟・ヨワ吟の二つの吟型,拍子合(あい)(平ノリ・中ノリ・大ノリ)・拍子不合(あわず)に二大別されるリズム型,とくにヨワ吟の場合,上音・中音・下音を中心とし,上音より高い音に上ウキ・クリ音・甲グリ,下音より低い音に呂音,という基本的音階をもっている。しかし,それらに加えて狂言ノリ,小歌,イロ詞など狂言固有の楽型をもった謡も多い。狂言ノリは,平ノリ・中ノリに類似し,能の近古式地拍子に似ているといわれる。…

※「イロ詞」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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