呂りょ

noun

bass range (in Japanese music)

Abbreviation used in Japanese music contexts to refer to the bass range.

• この曲きょくの呂りょのパートは低ひくくて歌うたいにくい。

  The bass part of this song is low and hard to sing.

noun

six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

In the ancient Chinese-derived twelve-tone system (十二律), 呂 refers to the six even-numbered, yin pitches. Rare technical term.

See also: 十二律 · 律

• 十じゅう二に律りつのうち、偶ぐう数すう番ばん目めの六むっつを呂りょと呼よぶ。

  Among the twelve pitches, the six even-numbered ones are called 呂.

noun

Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (similar to Mixolydian)

Refers to the 呂旋 (りょせん) scale in gagaku, corresponding roughly to re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do. Specialized musicological term.

See also: 呂旋

• 雅が楽がくの呂りょ旋せんは、洋よう楽がくのミクソリディア旋せん法ぽうに似にている。

  The 呂旋 scale in gagaku is similar to the Mixolydian mode in Western music.