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ハ短調 (hatanchou) Japanese meaning: C minor | Kotomora

ハ短たん調ちょう

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Meanings

1

C minor

Music term for the key of C minor.

ベートーヴェンの交こう響きょう曲きょく第だい5番ばんはハ短たん調ちょうで書かかれている。

Kanji

短short, brevity, fault
調tune, tone, meter

Related words

ハ長ちょう調ちょう
C major, the parallel major key of C minor.
イ短たん調ちょう
A minor, the relative minor of C major; shares the same key signature as C major.

Word family

Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 is written in C minor.

嬰えいハ短たん調ちょう

C sharp minor

Etymology

Compound of ハ (the note C in the Japanese iroha-based naming system) and 短調 (minor key).