変へん奏そう曲きょく

noun

variation (music)

A musical composition based on a theme that is repeated with changes in melody, harmony, rhythm, or orchestration.

• モーツァルトの「きらきら星ほし変へん奏そう曲きょく」は有ゆう名めいだ。

  Mozart's "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Variations" is famous.

• この変へん奏そう曲きょくは主しゅ題だいと12の変へん奏そうからなる。

  This variation piece consists of a theme and twelve variations.