七しち音おん音おん階かい

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Meanings

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noun

heptatonic scale; seven-note scale

music

Music theory term for any scale with seven notes per octave, such as the major or natural minor scale.

五ご音おん音おん階かい
Pentatonic scale (five-note scale), in contrast to the seven-note heptatonic scale.
全ぜん音おん階かい
Diatonic scale, a specific type of heptatonic scale with a particular pattern of whole and half steps.

Compound of 七 (しち, 'seven'), 音 (おん, 'note'), and 音階 (おんかい, 'musical scale').