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完全四度 (かんぜんよんど) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

完かん全ぜん四よん度ど

also: かんぜんよど

Meanings

1

noun

perfect fourth

music

A musical interval spanning four diatonic scale degrees, equivalent to five semitones. Used in music theory and analysis.

完かん全ぜん四よん度どは、ドからファまでの音おん程ていです。
A perfect fourth is the interval from C to F.
この曲きょくの冒ぼう頭とうは完かん全ぜん四よん度どの跳ちょう躍やくで始はじまる。
The beginning of this piece starts with a leap of a perfect fourth.

Written forms

完全四度
- かんぜんよんど
  Standard music theory term; the reading かんぜんよんど is the most common.
- かんぜんよど
  Alternate reading; less common but still used in some music contexts.
かんぜんよど

Kanji

完perfect, completion, end

whole, entire, all

四four

度degrees, occurrence, time

Similar words

完かん全ぜん五ご度ど
完全五度 is a perfect fifth (seven semitones), while 完全四度 is a perfect fourth (five semitones).
増ぞう四よん度ど
増四度 is an augmented fourth (six semitones), also called a tritone, whereas 完全四度 is a perfect fourth.

Etymology

Compound of 完全 (perfect) and 四度 (fourth), a calque from Western music theory terminology.