民みん謡よう音おん階かい

noun

folk scale; anhemitonic pentatonic scale

Musicological term for a pentatonic scale without semitones, commonly used in Japanese folk songs. The specific notes (mi, so, la, ti, re) are given in the English gloss.

• 日に本ほんの民みん謡ようには民みん謡よう音おん階かいがよく使つかわれている。

  The folk scale is often used in Japanese folk songs.