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    3. 変奏曲

    変奏曲

    変へん奏そう曲きょく

    variation

    KMT10News #37+1NounMusic & EntertainmentKanji Vocab24 strokes

    へんそうきょく

    Noun

    1.
    variation
    music

    Stroke 0 / 24

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは変へん奏そう曲きょくを演えん奏そうした。

    He performed a variation.

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    モーツァルトのピアノ変へん奏そう曲きょくは有ゆう名めいだ。

    Mozart's piano variations are famous.

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    この曲きょくは、シンプルな主しゅ題だいから始はじまり、徐じょ々じょに複ふく雑ざつな変へん奏そう曲きょくへと発はっ展てんしていく。

    This piece starts with a simple theme and gradually develops into complex variations.

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    バッハのゴルトベルク変へん奏そう曲きょくは、鍵けん盤ばん音おん楽がくの傑けっ作さくとして知しられている。

    Bach's Goldberg Variations are known as a masterpiece of keyboard music.

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    作さっ曲きょく家かは、一ひとつのメロディーから様さま々ざまな変へん奏そう曲きょくを生うみ出だす。

    Composers create various variations from a single melody.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    変
    か.わる・か.わり・か.える…(1)
    unusual・change・strange
    奏
    かな.でる…(2)
    play music・speak to a ruler・complete
    曲
    ま.がる・ま.げる・くま…(2)
    bend・music・melody・composition・pleasure…(6)
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