Noundrawing

Noundrawing paper

Nounart student

Noungovernment office in charge of court music (ritsuryō period)

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)sudden; abrupt; unexpected · urgent; pressing · steep; sharp; precipitous

Nounlead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead · folk song and dance performed by a group · leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)

Nounlaw (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation · vinaya (rules for the monastic community) · Ritsu (school of Buddhism)

Nounorder; ordering · beginning; start · foreword; preface; introduction

Noun, Noun, used as a suffixkey · mode (in gagaku) · time; tempo; rhythm

Nounbass range (in Japanese music) · six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale · Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)

Nounmiddle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)

Nounmusic · gagaku; ceremonial Japanese court music

Nounsmall double-reed wind instrument used in gagaku (made of bamboo, with 7 holes on top and 2 below)

Nounshamisen; samisen · sanxian (Chinese lute) · the three string instruments used in gagaku (biwa, wagon and sou)

Nounmusician (esp. Gagaku)

NounJapanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do, i.e. the Dorian mode)

Nounthe three types of gagaku drums · third division of the night (approx. 11pm to 1am)

NounTang-era Chinese music · tōgaku; style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance

Nounstyle of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance

NounJapanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode

Noun(in Japan) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G) · sōjō mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)

Noun(in Japan) 3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E) · hyōjō mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)

Nounsmall gong (used in gagaku)

Noundragon flute; medium-pitched bark-covered bamboo transverse flute with seven holes, used in gagaku

Nounkakko; Japanese hourglass drum, played with sticks on both sides, traditionally used in gagaku

Nounmodern koto (in contrast to the gagaku koto or gakuso); modern koto music

Nounancient type of koto with 13 strings used in Gagaku music

Nouncourt music; gagaku

Noungagaku training place (Heian era) · place for playing instruments

Nounform of gagaku performed while marching

Noundragon flute; medium-pitched bark-covered bamboo transverse flute with seven holes, used in gagaku

Nounnew music · shingaku (post-Tang dynasty gagaku piece)

Noun(sound of a) voice · gagaku instrumental music

Noundancing girl (end of the Heian period) · prostitute · tempo in gagaku

Nounancient Chinese chromatic scale (primarily used in Japan for gagaku, etc.)

Noungagaku of Indian origin

NounJapanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode

NounJapanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) similar to Dorian mode

Nounsix main gagaku modes (equivalent to A Dorian, B Dorian, E Dorian, D Mixolydian, E Mixolydian and G Mixolydian)

Nounōshiki mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)

Nounbanshiki mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)

Nounichikotsu mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)

Nountaishiki mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)

Nounritsu scale (anhemitonic pentatonic scale primarily used in gagaku: re, mi, so, la, ti)

NounKorean flute (horizontal bamboo flute with six holes; highest-pitched flute used in gagaku)

Nounstring instrument (esp. in gagaku); stringed instrument

Nounwind instrument (esp. in gagaku)

Nounclapper (two long pieces of wood that are clapped together; used in gagaku, etc.)

Noungenre of Heian-period Japanese court music (primarily consisting of gagaku-styled folk melodies)