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音度 (おんど) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

音おん度ど

Meanings

1

noun

scale degree

music

Technical music term referring to the position of a note within a musical scale.

この曲きょくでは、第だい5音おん度どが重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたす。
In this piece, the fifth scale degree plays an important role.

Kanji

音sound, noise
度degrees, occurrence, time

Etymology

Compound of 音 (on, 'sound, note') and 度 (do, 'degree'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning 'scale degree'.