Yellow Bell Tone

Japanese: 黄鐘調 - おうしきじょう

〘Noun〙 (also "Oushikicho")① One of the six modes of gagaku. A mode with the sound of the Yellow Bell (I) as the main note, i.e. the Miya note. Oushiki. ※Engi 13th Year Teishiin Utaawase (913) "The music is in the Yellow Bell mode, and they play a song called Isekai."② = Oushiki (Yellow Bell)①※Genji (around 1001-14) Hashihime "I studied it in a Waushiki style, and although it is not the usual way of playing, it somehow feels unfamiliar to my ears."[Additional notes] There are various theories about the pronunciation, especially regarding the clearness and voicedness of the third and fifth sounds, but we follow the "Waushikidenu, Choji voiced" that appears in "Rakukaroku-28, Kyokukyoku Kunpo". "Kyokumonsho-6" also states "According to one theory, it is called Ofucho," and it is known that the two forms coexisted in the late Heian period.

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (「おうしきちょう」とも)① 雅楽六調子の一つ。黄鐘の音（イ音）を主音、すなわち宮音とする旋法。おうしき。※延喜十三年亭子院歌合（913）「楽は黄鐘調にて、伊勢海といふ歌をあそぶ」② ＝おうしき（黄鐘）①※源氏（1001‐14頃）橋姫「わうしきてうに調べて、世の常(つね)のかき合はせなれど、所がらにや耳馴れぬ心地して」[補注]読みは特に第三音、第五音の清濁が諸説に分かれるが「楽家録‐二八・楽曲訓法」に見える「和宇志気伝宇、調字濁」とあるのに従う。「教訓抄‐六」には「或説に、黄風調と云ふ」とも見え、平安後期には二つの語形が併立していたことが知られる。

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