八多羅拍子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	多	羅	拍	子
や Grade: 1	た Grade: 2 (ateji)	ら Grade: S (ateji)	ひょう > びょう Grade: S	し Grade: 1
kun'yomi	on'yomi

Etymology

From 八(や) (ya, “eight”) + 多羅(たら) (tara, “musical time, a clapping”, borrowed from Sanskrit ताल (tāla, “musical time, a clapping”)) + 拍(ひょう)子(し) (hyōshi, “a beat”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やたらびょーし [yàtárábyóóꜜshì] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ja̠ta̠ɾa̠bʲo̞ːɕi]

Noun

八(や)多(た)羅(ら)拍(びょう)子(し) • (yatarabyōshi)

A type of gagaku rhythm that features fast repeated double-time and triple-time passages which shift abruptly.

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN