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2021.02.25

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Honji

Singing and part of the rhythm to match the beat in the hayashi musical accompaniment is basically eight beats as one unit, which is called “honji”. In addition, two-beat, four-beat, six-beats may be used as one unit in order to respond to the increase or decrease in the number of characters in the song and to adjust the rhythm. These are called “Okuri”, “Tori”, “Kataji” respectively.  The name of the hayashi musical accompaniment, which hit at that time also “Okuri”, “Tori”, “Kataji” may be referred to as.