Banshiki cho

It is a name that indicates the tone of a flute. Originally banshiki-cho is one of the six tone of Japanese court music Gagaku, Banshiki (Western music , modal to the tonic of b sound), because the Noh of the flute ( Nohkan ) does not tuned, so the pitch is slightly different for each tube and the tone is determined by how to make seven finge holes. Specifically, the melody that ends by opening the sixth hole from the bass is the banshiki-chou. The tone of the flute is normal, one tone which bass is Oshiki-cho, but banshiki-cho is used for hayashi musical (the part where the hayashi accompaniment is the main part) and in the mai dance, there are “haya mai”, “banshiki yonomai”, “banshiki gaku”, etc.