baryton

Japanese: baryton
baryton

…A musical term derived from the Greek word barytonos (meaning "low-pitched"), it was originally used (in the 16th century) as a synonym for bass, meaning the lowest voice. However, in the 17th and 18th centuries, it came to refer to the voice between tenor and bass in music with five or more voices, a term that is still used today.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "baryton" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…ギリシア語のbarytonos(〈低い音の〉の意)を語源とする音楽用語で,初め(16世紀に)はバスと同義に用いられ,最も低い声(部)を意味した。しかし,17~18世紀になると,5声以上の楽曲においてテノールとバスの間の声部を指すようになり今日にいたっている。…

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