Ryo

Japanese: 呂 - りょ

A term of Chinese and Japanese music theory. In China, it refers to the six even-numbered ritsu among the twelve ritsu that were considered to have negative meanings. As opposed to positive ritsu. In Japan, it means one of the scales of gagaku and shomyo, and originally referred to the standard five- or seven-tone scale produced by the sanbun-sen-ho method. In modern gagaku, what was once called hanrohanritsu is called ryousen, and is contrasted with ritsu-sen. In shomyo, a piece that is considered to be made on the ro scale is called ryoukyoku, and is contrasted with ritsukyoku and chukyoku. In early modern Japanese music, the lower of two notes that are an octave apart is called ryou. This ryou is also called oto, and in this case the antonym is jiao (kan or gan), not ritsu. Also, any low range is called ryou. As opposed to jiao (gan).

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Japanese:

中国，日本の音楽理論用語。中国では，十二律のうち，偶数番目にあって陰性をもつと考えられていた6個の律をいう。陽性の律に対する。日本では雅楽や声明 (しょうみょう) の音階の1つを意味し，本来は，三分損益法によって生じる標準的な五声もしくは七声の音階をいったが，現在の雅楽では，かつて半呂半律ともいったものを呂旋といい，律旋と対置する。また声明では呂の音階でできているとされている曲を呂曲といい，律曲や中曲と対置した。近世邦楽では，オクターブ関係にある2音の低いほうを呂という。この呂は乙ともいい，この場合の対語は，甲 (かん。または干) であって，律ではない。また漫然と低い音域を呂という。甲 (干) に対する。

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