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管弦楽 (kangengaku) Japanese meaning: orchestral music | Kotomora

管かん弦げん楽がく

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Meanings

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orchestral music

Refers to music performed by an orchestra, especially Western classical orchestral music. Often used in compound terms like 管弦楽団 (orchestra).

彼かれは管かん弦げん楽がくの指し揮き者しゃとして有ゆう名めいだ。

He is famous as a conductor of orchestral music.

今こん夜やのコンサートでは管かん弦げん楽がくの名めい曲きょくが演えん奏そうされる。

Famous orchestral pieces will be performed at tonight's concert.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉で管かん弦げん楽がくを演えん奏そうするto perform orchestral music at (a place)
有ゆう名めいなホールで管かん弦げん楽がくを演えん奏そうした。
They performed orchestral music at a famous concert hall.
管かん弦げん楽がくのための〈物もの〉a piece written for orchestra
この曲きょくは管かん弦げん楽がくのための組くみ曲きょくです。
This piece is a suite written for orchestra.

Kanji

管pipe, tube, wind instrument
弦bowstring, chord, hypotenuse
楽music, comfort, ease
絃string, cord, samisen music

Related words

交こう響きょう楽がく
交響楽 refers specifically to symphonic music, while 管弦楽 is the broader term for any orchestral music.

Opposites

室しつ内ない楽がく
室内楽 refers to music for a small group of musicians, while 管弦楽 is music written for a full orchestra.

Don't confuse with

管かん弦げん楽がく団だん
管弦楽団 names the orchestra (the group of musicians), while 管弦楽 names the music that such a group performs.
オーケストラN2
オーケストラ is a loanword usually referring to the orchestra ensemble itself, whereas 管弦楽 is the more formal term for the orchestral music it plays.
吹すい奏そう楽がく
吹奏楽 is music for wind (and percussion) instruments alone, whereas 管弦楽 is orchestral music that includes string instruments.

Word family

管かん弦げん楽がく法ほう
orchestration

Built from

管かん+弦げん楽がく

Written forms

管かん弦げん楽がくUsage100%
Standard modern spelling; high-frequency news term.
管かん絃げん楽がく
Variant using 絃 instead of 弦; less common in contemporary usage.

Etymology

Compound of 管 (wind instruments), 弦 (string instruments), and 楽 (music). The spelling 管絃楽 uses the older form 絃 for 'string'.