Flat tone - Hirajyoshi

Japanese: 平調子 - ひらぢょうし

A term in Japanese music. The name of the tuning of the koto. This is the main tuning that Yatsuhashi Kengyo used for kumiuta and danmono, and is the most commonly used in later koto music. The fifth string is tuned in the descending form of the intone scale (relative pitch Mi Fa Ra Si Do Mi). The first string is tuned to the same pitch as the fifth string or one octave lower, and from the second string onwards, the strings are tuned one octave lower than the seventh string, resulting in relative pitch. When playing with three strings in an ensemble, the first string is tuned to the first string of the koto for Niagari, and when it is tuned to the third string for Honcho. When playing with Kumoi-style koto, the second string is tuned to the first string of Hirachoshi.

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Japanese:

日本音楽の用語。箏の調弦名称。八橋検校が組歌や段物に用いたおもな調弦で，のちの箏曲で最も多く用いられている。第5弦から陰音階下行形 (相対音高ミファラシドミ) に調弦。第1弦は第5弦と同音または1オクターブ下に合せ，第2弦からは，第7弦の1オクターブ下に順次合せた調弦で，相対音高となる。三弦を合奏させる場合は，その一の糸を箏の第1弦に合せれば二上り，第3弦に合せれば本調子となる。雲井系の箏を合奏させる場合は，その第2弦を平調子の第1弦に合せる。

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