Grudge - Enka

Japanese: 怨歌 - えんか
Grudge - Enka

...On the other hand, with the rise of new music in the 1970s, most of the traditional popular songs that were sung with a strong voice and a strong rhythm using the "Yonanuki" scale began to be called "enka". In other words, the soft-spoken style of the late Meiji period became mainstream in enka, and it also came to be expressed as "enka" or "rengeka". [Kurata Yoshihiro]...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Onka" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…一方,70年代におけるニューミュージックの台頭により,〈ヨナ抜き音階〉により,〈こぶし〉をきかせ切々と歌い上げられる従来の歌謡曲は大半が〈演歌〉と呼ばれだした。すなわち,明治後期の軟派的な路線が演歌の主流を占めたので,〈艶歌〉や〈怨歌〉とも表現されるようにもなった。【倉田 喜弘】。…

※「怨歌」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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