Shomyo

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Shōmyō (声明) is a style of Japanese Buddhist chant, used mainly in the Tendai and Shingon sects.[1] There are two styles: ryokyoku and rikkyoku, described as difficult and easy to remember, respectively.

Shomyo, like gagaku, employs the Yo scale, a pentatonic scale with ascending intervals of two, three, two, two, and three semitones.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ John Whitney Hall (1988). The Cambridge history of Japan. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521223520. 
  2. ^ "Japanese Music", Cross-Cultural Communication: World Music. University of Wisconsin. 

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