Meanings

church modes

optical activity

revolution

lathe operator

Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do, i.e. the Dorian mode)

triumphant general

turning (on a lathe)

gyrating (rotating) movement

turret lathe

dextrorotatory

(gun barrel) rifling

great sensation

performance given after a successful tour abroad

Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode

hemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing semitones)

Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode

anhemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing no semitones)

Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) similar to Dorian mode

Aeolian mode

mode