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PRONUNCIATION OF GAGAKU

gagaku  [ˈɡɑːɡɑːkuː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GAGAKU

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Gagaku is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GAGAKU MEAN IN ENGLISH?

gagaku

Gagaku

Gagaku is a type of Japanese classical music that has been performed at the Imperial Court in Kyoto for several centuries. It consists of three primary repertoires: ▪ Native Shinto religious music and folk songs and dance, called kuniburi no utamai ▪ A Goguryeo and Manchurian form, called komagaku ▪ A Chinese and South Asia form, called tōgaku. Gagaku, like shōmyō, employs the yo scale, a pentatonic scale with ascending intervals of two, three, two, two, and three semitones between the five scale tones.

Definition of gagaku in the English dictionary

The definition of gagaku in the dictionary is a traditional style of Japanese music performed at the Imperial court.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GAGAKU


buchu
ˈbuːkuː
bunraku
bʊnˈrɑːkuː
cou-cou
ˈkuːkuː
haku
hɑːkuː
kotukutuku
kɒtuːkuːtuːkuː
kuku
kuːkuː
Maluku
mɑːˈluːkuː
mamakau
ˈmɑːmɑːkuː
mamako
ˈmɑːmɑːkuː
mamaku
ˈmɑːmɑːkuː
minshuku
mɪnˈʃuːkuː
nunchaku
nʌnˈtʃɑːkuː
otaku
ɔːˈtɑːkuː
puku
ˈpuːkuː
raku
ˈrɑːkuː
seppuku
sɛˈpuːkuː
tucutucu
ˌtuːkuːˈtuːkuː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GAGAKU

gaffsail
gag
gag law
gag resolution
gag rule
gag-bit
gaga
Gagarin
Gagauzi
gage
gageable
gager
gagged
gagger
gaggery
gagging
gagging order
gaggle
gagman
gagster

WORDS THAT END LIKE GAGAKU

Baku
Daimoku
haiku
hapuku
hokku
kotuku
nogaku
rokkaku
Sato Eisaku
Shikoku
sudoku
Turku

Synonyms and antonyms of gagaku in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gagaku» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GAGAKU

Find out the translation of gagaku to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gagaku from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gagaku» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

雅乐
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gagaku
570 millions of speakers

English

gagaku
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

gagaku
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

gagaku
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гагаку
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gagaku
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

gagaku
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gagaku
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gagaku
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gagaku
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

雅楽
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아악
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gagaku
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Gagaku
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

gagaku
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गागाकू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gagaku
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gagaku
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gagaku
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гагаку
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Gagaku
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

gagaku
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gagaku
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gagaku
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Gagaku
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gagaku

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GAGAKU»

The term «gagaku» is regularly used and occupies the 93.810 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GAGAKU» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gagaku

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GAGAKU»

Discover the use of gagaku in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gagaku and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gagaku and Serialism
These essays address the topic of medieval men and, through a variety of theoretical, methodological, and disciplinary approaches, significantly extend our understanding of how, in the Middle Ages, masculinity and identity were conflicted ...
Kondo Jo, Joaquim M. Benítez, 1998
2
The rhythmical Patterns in gagaku and bugaku. [Mit Illustr. ...
The best preserved gagaku sonata, Goshoraku 3l ^ 9k , a com" position in the second mode, has the movements jo, ha, ei and kyii. The text of the ei is not preserved. The broadest gagaku form taikyoku ^ $} , ballet-symphonies in many ...
Eta Harich-Schneider, 1954
3
The Japanese Theatre: From Shamanistic Ritual to ...
The Words Bugaku and Gagaku The Chinese character gaku in the composition of many Japanese entertainment terms is often translated into English as "music" (e.g., bugaku, dance-music; dengaku, field-music; sarugaku, monkey-music; etc.)  ...
Benito Ortolani, 1995
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The Japanese Theatre: From Shamanistic Ritual to ...
The gagaku orchestras were disbanded in moments of crisis, and at times it was difficult to find enough musicians for a single court performance. It was only in the sixteenth century, during the process of reunification of the country under the ...
Benito Ortolani, 1990
5
Multicultural Perspectives in Music Education
LESSON 7 National standard 0 Listening to, analyzing, and describing music Objectives Students will: 1. view and identify instruments of the Japanese gagaku ensemble; 2. listen to the composition “Etenraku” played by a gagaku ensemble ...
William M. Anderson, Patricia Shehan Campbell, 2011
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Music of a Thousand Autumns: The Tōgaku Style of Japanese ...
RECORDINGS OF GAGAKU (Unless otherwise specified, all selections are Kangen performances of Togaku) Gagaku Hyojo: Goshoraku no Kyu Hyojo: Etenraku Nokori-gaku Oshiki-cho: Jussuiraku Taishiki-cho: Keibairaku no Kyu Sojo: ...
Robert Garfias, 1975
7
Ton de Leeuw
In the late 19th century, Gagaku musicians were required to learn playing western style reception and band music, in addition to performing their own music. In fact, during the Meiji period (1868-1912), Gagaku musicians spoke with pride of ...
Jurrien Sligter, 2014
8
The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the ...
gagaku At long last, the wait is over. If you recall, the word "a-ak," the very first word of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, had no definition, only the recommendation that the reader "see gagaku." I showed remarkable willpower and decided not to ...
A. J. Jacobs, 2004
9
The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: The Middle ...
Gagaku and Modern Music At the beginning of the Meizi period, Japan began to import Western music systematically. Gagaku musicians were among the first to study and perform Western music in Japan, even composing Westernstyle ...
Ellen Koskoff, 2008
10
The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture
Gagaku is the traditional music of the Imperial Court. The term was used in both the ancient Japanese and Korean kingdoms to refer to music of the court. Traditionally, gagaku has been divided up into music thought to have been brought from ...
Sandra Buckley, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GAGAKU»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gagaku is used in the context of the following news items.
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The bazaar features cultural performances, including Taiko drumming, Japanese folk dancing and gagaku, a Japanese traditional orchestra. «Lodi News-Sentinel, Jun 15»
2
Leaving Alaska
And here are the recordings of Javanese and Balinese gamelan; Noh, Kabuki, and Gagaku; Indian classical music; African drumming; and ... «The New Yorker, Jun 15»
3
The Corridor / The Cure, Aldeburgh, review: Birtwistle's opera makes …
... the vocal lines are alternately lyrical and jagged, while the instrumental writing – at moments reminiscent of Japanese gagaku - is ornate and ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
4
Big Trouble at the Golden Pavilion–Talking to RAkU Composer …
... in gagaku ( itals )–Japanese court music as Yuan Yuan Tan's kimono, in a true coup de theatre, slips off her and disappears above the stage. «Sequenza21, Jun 15»
5
The twisted couple
They are confounded now - with the crazy but precisely choreographed abandon and restrained hysteria of Noh, Kabuki, Gagaku and Opera all ... «Calcutta Telegraph, May 15»
6
Minimalist Master La Monte Young Drones On About His New …
“I had been listening to Japanese gagaku – imperial court music – and Ali Akbar [Khan]'s recording [Morning and Evening Ragas] came out in ... «Bedford + Bowery, May 15»
7
Dancing on the waves at Miyajima
They will provide a relentless accompaniment of gagaku music (the oldest classical music in Japan) on hichiriki (a kind of oboe), flutes, shoko ... «The Japan Times, May 15»
8
Chief Court Musician, Hiroaki Tohgi on goodwill visit to Seattle
Gagaku (literally, “elegant music”) refers to Japan's court music and dance. It is the oldest continuously practiced tradition of classical music in ... «Northwest Asian Weekly, Apr 15»
9
British filmmaker sounds out Japan
“It's not just the harmony and the notes: the range of expression is in the texture of the sound,” he says of gagaku, Japan's ancient court music. «The Japan Times, Apr 15»
10
Making Sense Out of the Noise: Dance Accompanists Speak of …
I remember, years ago, I was really into Japanese gagaku. I had this fantasy of having a sho, a mouth organ, a key instrument in gagaku, when I ... «SF Weekly, Apr 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Gagaku [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/gagaku>. May 2024 ».
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