曲牌
qǔ​pái

tune name

  • created sense approved 曲牌 · qǔ​pái · tune name — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    曲牌

    qǔ​pái

    tune name

    the name of a fixed melody or prosodic scheme used in traditional Chinese opera and music, such as [[点绛唇|點絳脣|dian3 jiang4 chun2]] or [[山坡羊|山坡羊|shan1 po1 yang2]]; composers write new lyrics that must follow the specific rhythm and structure of the chosen tune

    曲 (literal) → 曲 · qǔ · qu 牌 (literal) → 牌 · pái · rhythm pattern

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense