Glossary entry

Chinese term or phrase:

移宫

English translation:

variation of the pentatonic scale

Added to glossary by albertdeng
Mar 19, 2006 08:24
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Chinese term

移宫

Chinese to English Art/Literary Music
A music term.

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RaffaellaG Mar 19, 2006:
Could you quote some context?

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variation of the pentatonic scale

杨儒怀先生在其著作《音乐的分析与创作》中论述到变奏曲式时指出:“五声性调式旋律的主题也可以应用同主音调式交替的手法获得变奏发展。这时调式旋律由于某一骨干音的移动而产生了转宫的情况,即用某一五声外音代替五声骨干音,从而转移宫音,但保留了原来的调式主音。[1]”按照这种理论和方法,若“以清角为宫”或“以变宫为角”来对五声调式的主题旋律进行移宫处理,就可以构成宫←→徵、或徵←→商、商←→羽、羽←→角等同主音调式的转换。杨先生在这里想说明的只是:在这种情况下,变奏曲中同主音调式的转换就有了较多的可能性,不再仅限于大、小调两种调式;他没有、也无意指出各个变奏的调式可各不相同。因此,我们还是不能从这段论述中得到对上述问题的解答。
黄虎威先生在其著作《转调法》中指出:按照 “以清角为宫”或 “以变宫为角”的方法,“用五声调式写的旋律有四个严格的同主音变体[2]”,原型旋律和变体旋律加起来共五支旋律。这,已经非常接近问题的答案了。然而,因黄先生意在论述转调法,故最后只是指出:“其中任何两支旋律毗连,即构成同主音换调[3]”。这样,上述有关变奏曲调式布局的问题仍然得不到解答。
http://www.whcm.com.cn/studypaper_show.asp?id=77

例如中国调式并不限于大小调,而有宫、商、角、徽、羽五种调式;音阶也有移宫式的中国五声音阶及含降si的燕乐七声音阶;含升fa的(传统)七声音阶,不设导音的自然七声音阶;在转调技巧上,有中西共有的向宫音上下四五度的移宫,向宫音上下大二度的移宫,至于三度、六度的转调在中国极为稀见而西洋比比皆是;另如在节拍上,中国尚有“强弱弱弱”、“强弱弱强”、“强强弱强”等四拍子;“强弱强”、“强强弱”三拍子;“弱强”二拍子;每拍均强的“一拍子”;无固定节拍的“散拍子”;有“散唱正伴”的“双重节拍组合”。


One of the most common pentatonic scales, sometimes called a major pentatonic scale or primary pentatonic scale (set form 5-35, 02479), can be constructed in many ways.


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A simple construction takes five consecutive pitches from the circle of fifths; starting on C, these are C, G, D, A, and E. Transposing the pitches to fit into one octave rearranges the pitches into the major pentatonic scale: C, D, E, G, A. In any key relative to the root, these are scale tones 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 (root, major second, major third, perfect fifth and major sixth), and they include the root note's major triad:
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agree IC --
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change octave

宫 means doh
In music, an octave is a series of doh, ray, me..., ti. Another octave is another higher pitched doh, ray, me, ...ti.
移宫 means change from doh in one octave to doh in another octave.

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the web reference is for showing you the meaning of 宫 (para 1 5th sentence)
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neutral IC -- : pentatonic scale copes better than octave as there are only 5 music scales in classical Chinese music...
1 day 12 hrs
Then this would depend on the context -- whether it's chinese or western music
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Change mode

Change mode

http://www.silkqin.com/02qnpu/09zysz/02zyintr.htm
The eight modal preludes (調意 diao yi) in Zheyin are for the following modes (宮, 商, 角, 慢商 and 慢角 are missing): 徽, 羽, 商角, 蕤濱, 姑洗, 黃鍾, 淒涼 and 慢宮

http://opera.answers.com/mode
Mode: Any of certain fixed arrangements of the diatonic tones of an octave, as the major and minor scales of Western music.

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I think 宫 not necessary refers to any specific "mode", it is more towards a gerenal representation here, as its use in 移宫换羽 or 移宫换调.
Peer comment(s):

neutral IC -- : not sure about mode...
1 day 13 hrs
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change tune/key

change key

宮、羽,古代的樂調名
"移宮""換羽"指更換曲調。
五音,宮、商、角、徵、羽,构成: 羽、角、宮、商四种調
宮商角徵羽 只有五音, 沒有八個音, 所以有五音不全之說.

對聯格律·對聯譜: 綜合: 民間文學: 文學: 圖書: 卓越網[ 簡體 ]宋書·謝靈運傳診》說:“(沈約)欲使宮羽相變,低昂互節,若前有浮聲,則後須切響。” 古代之宮商角徵羽,稱為五音。宮商聲大而不尖,徵羽聲細而尖。用在詩文聲律上,宮即宮商。 亦即浮聲,指平聲,羽即徵... [瀏覽全文] ...
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開放詞典搜索- 愛問知識人[ 簡體 ]詞目移宮換羽發音yí dōng huàn yǔ 釋義宮、羽:古代樂曲中的兩種曲調名。原指樂曲換調。 後也比喻事情的內容有所變更。 出處宋·周邦彥《意難忘·美人》詞:“知音見說無雙,解移 宮換羽,未怕周郎。 ... 馴鹿的“勝利大逃亡” ...
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neutral anastasia t (X) : Examples of keys are f major, g major, g minor, etc. To change key means to change from doh as the base note to ray (for example) as the key note. It does not mean changing from one doh to another doh, which is what 移宫 means.
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Yes, you may be right. The reason why I chose the word is because 宮、羽both are 古代樂曲中的兩種曲調名, and 移宮換羽原指樂曲換調, i.e. from c to f, therefore I thought it probably means to change key.
agree IC --
1 day 11 hrs
Thank you. I think it probably means that.
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