平ひょう調じょう

noun

3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E)

Technical music term referring to a specific pitch in the traditional Japanese twelve-tone system (十二律).

See also: 十二律 · 太簇

• 平ひょう調じょうは十じゅう二に律りつの第だい三さん音おんにあたる。

  Hyōjō is the third note of the twelve-tone system.

noun

hyōjō mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)

A gagaku mode built on the pitch 平調; one of the six 六調子.

See also: 六調子

• 雅が楽がくでは平ひょう調じょうの曲きょくがいくつか伝つたわっている。

  Several pieces in the hyōjō mode have been handed down in gagaku.