著者

桂 博章 KATSURA Hiroaki

出版者

秋田大学教育学部

雑誌

秋田大学教育学部研究紀要 教育科学 (ISSN:03870111)

巻号頁・発行日

no.53, pp.17-24, 1998-03-01

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In Japanese Folk Songs, minute ornamental tones named 'kobushi' (short tune) are used. And 'kobushi'were not used so often when Japanese Folk Songs were sung by unison.The principles of the usages of 'kobushi' in the melodies are as follows.1. It is used when specific tone in the melody has long duration.2. It repeats the part of the fundamental melody that appeared just before.3. Some part of the fundamental melody chages into 'kobushi'.4. It complicates the part of the fundamental melody.5. It can become the part of the fundamental melody.The role and the function of 'kobushi' are to give the unstableness and the strain both rhythmicallyand melodically so that the unstableness and the strain are resolved at the next tone that follows 'kobushi'.