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    音階

    音おん階かい

    scale

    KMT10News #38+1Ref L2NounMusic & EntertainmentKanji Vocab21 strokes

    おんかい

    Noun

    1.
    scale
    music

    Stroke 0 / 21

    Speed1.0x

    ピアノで音おん階かいを練れん習しゅうする。

    I practice scales on the piano.

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    この曲きょくは、独どく特とくの音おん階かいが使つかわれている。

    This song uses a unique scale.

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    彼かれは、様さま々ざまな民みん族ぞく音おん楽がくの音おん階かいを研けん究きゅうしている。

    He is researching the scales of various ethnic music.

    KMT10Music & EntertainmentCulture & TraditionsEducation
    長ちょう音おん階かいと短たん音おん階かいは、西せい洋よう音おん楽がくの基き本ほん的てきな音おん階かいだ。

    Major scales and minor scales are the basic scales of Western music.

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    日に本ほんの伝でん統とう音おん楽がくには、西せい洋ようとは異ことなる独どく自じの音おん階かいが存そん在ざいする。

    Japanese traditional music has its own unique scales, different from Western ones.

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    Kanji that make up this word

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    おと・ね…(5)
    sound・noise
    階
    きざはし…(4)
    storey・stair・counter for storeys of a building
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