(おんりつ)

おんりつ
noun
melody; rhythm; musical temperament
leisure
1. melody; rhythm; musicality
The melodic or rhythmic quality of music, speech, or poetry.
(うつく)しい音律(おんりつ)(ひび)
Beautiful melodies resound.
This poem has a distinctive rhythm.
Japanese haiku are composed in a 5-7-5 rhythm.
2. musical temperament; tuning system
A technical term in music theory referring to the system of dividing the octave into intervals (e.g., equal temperament, just intonation).
To adjust the tuning of a piano.
Baroque music and modern music use different tuning systems.
平均律(へいきんりつ)(もっと)一般的(いっぱんてき)音律(おんりつ)(ひと)だ。
Equal temperament is one of the most common tuning systems.

Forms

(おん) (sound) + (りつ) (rule, rhythm).

Usage

Sense 1 is used broadly for the musical or rhythmic quality of any sound, including poetry and speech. Sense 2 is a technical music theory term referring to specific tuning systems like 平均律(へいきんりつ) (equal temperament) or 純正律(じゅんせいりつ) (just intonation).

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