Kin (music) - Kin

…If we assign each of the twelve-tone scales, which are absolute pitches, to the tonic notes of each scale, we get 60 tones for the pentatonic scale, and 84 tones for the heptatonic scale. On the other hand, an octave with each of the twelve-tone scales as its tonic note is called a kin, and the one with the first tonic note, Huangzhong, as its palace is called Huangzhongjun. If that palace is taken as the tonic, then the HuangzhongGong key, that is, a key of the Palace key scale with Huangzhong as the tonic, is created, and if Shang is taken as the tonic, then the HuangzhongShang key, that is, a key of the Shang key scale with Taishou as the tonic, is created. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kiyo (music)" are listed below.

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…各音階の主音に絶対音高である十二律の各律をあてると，5音音階なら60調，7音音階なら84調が得られる。一方，十二律の各律を基音とする1オクターブを均（きん）といい，第1律である黄鐘（こうしよう）を宮としたものを黄鐘均と呼ぶ。その宮が主音となるものとすれば黄鐘宮調すなわち黄鐘という音律を主音とする宮調音階の調が生じ，商を主音とすれば黄鐘商調すなわち太簇（たいそう）を主音とする商調音階の調を生ずる。…

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