Vocabulary
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Minister of the Interior (669-1868); Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945)
Asuka Kiyomihara Code (689 CE)
Asuka Kiyomihara Code (689 CE)
Taiho Code (701 CE)
Yōrō Code (promulgated 757 CE)
Ritsu (school of Buddhism)
Ritsu (school of Buddhism)
Pythagorean temperament; Pythagorean tuning
meantone temperament
just intonation; pure intonation
just intonation; pure intonation
pitch pipe
pitch pipe
ancient Chinese pitch pipe (12 pipes corresponding to the ancient Chinese chromatic scale)
ancient Chinese chromatic scale (primarily used in Japan for gagaku, etc.)
(in China) 12th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C sharp)
(in Japan) 12th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C sharp)
(in China) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C)
(in Japan) 10th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. B)
10th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. B)
luan (mythical Chinese bird)
luan (mythical Chinese bird)
mirror with a mythical Chinese bird carved into the back
(in China) 9th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A sharp)
(in Japan) 8th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A)
(in China) 8th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A)
temple bell
(in China) 7th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G sharp)
mode
singing and dancing; song and dance
gagaku of Indian origin
Indian song and dance (introduced to Japan by the Chams in approx. 736 CE)
Tang-era Chinese music
style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode
Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode
Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) similar to Dorian mode
billing address (e.g. credit card)
(in Japan) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G)