变调 (biàn diào) — (noun) tone sandhi (linguistics); (noun) modulation, transposition (music); (verb-object) to change tone or key
Definition
A linguistics/music term for a change of pitch: in language it refers to tone sandhi (tone changes in connected speech, e.g. 一 shifting before a 4th tone); in music it refers to modulation or a key change.
noun
tone sandhi (linguistics)modulationtransposition (music)(verb-object) to change tone or key
Examples
- 变调，“”。Pǔ tōng huà zhōng yǒu hěn duō biàn diào xiàn xiàng, bǐ rú "yī" zì zài sì shēng qián biàn chéng èr shēng.Mandarin has many tone sandhi phenomena, for example the character 'yī' changes to the second tone before a fourth tone.
- 变调，。Zhè shǒu qǔ zi zhōng jiān yǒu yí duàn biàn diào, tīng qǐ lái hěn tè bié.This piece has a modulation in the middle, and it sounds very special.
- ，。Zhè shǒu gē zài fù gē bù fen biàn le tiáo, ràng rén ěr mù yì xīn.This song changed key in the chorus, making it refreshing.
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