shōmyō
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Transmissions
- Tendai transmission
- Shingon transmission
- Four schools
- Chizan ''Shōmyō'' and Buzan ''Shōmyō''
- Nanzan Shinryu
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
is a style of Japanese Buddhist chant, used mainly in the Tendai and Shingon traditions. There are two styles: and , described as difficult and easy to remember, respectively.
Shōmyō, like gagaku, employs the yo scale, a pentatonic scale with ascending intervals of two, three, two, two, and three semitones.
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