Noh as Musical Performance with Some Remarks on Historical Development
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Asian and African Studies |
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| Field | Linguistics |
| Keywords | yowagin; tsuyogin; Chinese music theory; pentatonical scale; heptatonical scale; quantitative metre; dactyl; Homer; |
| Description | The music in Noh is derived from the classical Japanese pentatonical music. The rhythm of the recited passages has a strong quantitative character with dactylic structure similar to that of Homer epics. |