Ranjo

Japanese: 乱序 - らんじょ

(1) A term in gagaku music theory. It refers to the manner of entrance or exit of certain pieces of dance music from the left side (such as "Ryo-o", "Kanzhoraku", "Ama", and "Ninomai"), as well as the name of the dance and its accompaniment. In particular, it is often referred to as the name of the rhythmic pattern of the percussion accompaniment. In this case, one phrase is a rhythmic pattern consisting of one measure (4/4 time), with the first beat of the phrase being the strong beat and the second, third, and fourth beats being the weak beats. The pieces played on the dragon flute in this random order are called "ranjo" (Ryo-o ranjo, Ama ranjo, etc.), and are played with "oi-buki" or "ome-ri-buki". (2) A term for the musical accompaniment in Noh and Kabuki music influenced by it. It refers to the musical accompaniment of the dance "shishi" (lion).

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Japanese:

(1) 雅楽の音楽理論用語。左方の舞楽曲の特定の曲 (『陵王』，『還城楽』，『安摩』，『二の舞』など) の登場または退場の作法およびその舞とその伴奏の名称。特に，その伴奏の打楽器のリズム型の名称としていわれることが多い。その場合，1フレーズが1小節 (4分の4拍子) から成るリズム型で，フレーズの第1拍目が強拍，第2，3，4拍目は弱拍にあたる。なお，この乱序に奏される竜笛 (りゅうてき) の曲を「乱声 (らんじょう) 」 (陵王乱声，安摩乱声など) といい，「追吹 (おいぶき) 」または「退吹 (おめりぶき) 」で奏される。 (2) 能およびその影響による歌舞伎音楽の囃子の用語。「獅子」という舞事の出の囃子をいう。

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