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ピタゴラス音律 (ピタゴラスおんりつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ピタゴラス音おん律りつ

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Meanings

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Pythagorean tuning; Pythagorean temperament

Technical term in music theory referring to the tuning system based on perfect fifths, attributed to Pythagoras.

ピタゴラス音おん律りつは、完かん全ぜん五ご度どの積つみ重かさねで音おん階

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Pythagorean tuning is a tuning method that builds scales by stacking perfect fifths.

Kanji

音sound, noise
律rhythm, law, regulation

Related words

純じゅん正せい律りつ
純正律 (just intonation) uses simple whole-number frequency ratios for pure intervals, while ピタゴラス音律 is based solely on perfect fifths, leading to different interval qualities.
平へい均きん律りつ
平均律 (equal temperament) divides the octave into equal steps, making all keys equally usable, unlike ピタゴラス音律 which has some dissonant intervals in certain keys.

Etymology

From ピタゴラス (Pythagoras) + 音律 (musical temperament). The term directly names the tuning system associated with the ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras.