琉りゅう球きゅう音おん階かい

noun

Okinawan scale

A hemitonic pentatonic scale used in traditional Okinawan music, consisting of the notes do, mi, fa, so, ti. Often contrasted with the anhemitonic pentatonic scales of mainland Japan.

See also: 五音音階

• 琉りゅう球きゅう音おん階かいは、沖おき縄なわの民みん謡ようによく使つかわれる五ご音おん音おん階かいの一いっ種しゅです。

  The Okinawan scale is a type of pentatonic scale often used in Okinawan folk songs.