Mawashi - Turning

Japanese: マワシ - まわし
Mawashi - Turning
One of the aspects of Japanese vocal music. The term is most commonly used in utai (Noh). It is also written as mawashi. It refers to a syllable of a verse sung with a pitch value of two or three dots, such as naa or nii, with a drop in pitch at the a or i part of the original character. Therefore, even if it also has a pitch value of two or more dots, hikiki and furiri are clearly distinguished from mawashi in that they do not involve a drop in pitch. The way mawashi is actually sung varies depending on which scale note it is on, whether it is a yowagin or tsuyogin, whether it is combined with symbols such as iri or haru, and so on. The result of the drop can be either lower than the starting note or a drop back to the starting note.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
日本の声楽のフシのひとつ。用語としては,謡(うたい)でもっともよく用いられる。回しとも書く。ゴマ点二つあるいは三つ分の音価で詞章の一音節を〈なア〉〈にイ〉などとうたい,かつ,生み字のア,イの部分で音の下降を伴うものをいう。したがって同じようにゴマ点二つ分,あるいはそれ以上の音価をもつものであっても,引キや振リなどは,音の下降を伴わない点で,マワシとははっきり区別される。マワシは,それがどの音階音上にあるか,ヨワ吟かツヨ吟か,〈入〉〈ハル〉などの記号と結合しているかいないか,などにより,実際のうたい方はさまざまに変化し,下降した結果も,出発音より低くなる場合と,下降して出発音に戻る場合とがある。

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