陰いん旋せん法ぽう

noun

hemitonic pentatonic scale

Archaic music theory term for a pentatonic scale that includes semitones. Compare 陰音階. Rare in modern usage; mainly encountered in historical or academic contexts.

See also: 陰音階

• 陰いん旋せん法ぽうは、半はん音おんを含ふくむ五ご音おん音おん階かいの一いっ種しゅとして、古ふるい音おん楽がく理り論ろん書しょに見みられる。

  The hemitonic pentatonic scale is found in old music theory texts as a type of five-note scale containing semitones.