[りょ, ryo] (n) (1) (abbr) (See 甲・かん) bass range (in Japanese music); (2) (See 十二律, 律) six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; (3) (See 呂旋) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scaleimilar to Mixolydian mode (corresponding to#4294
[そうじょう, soujou] (n) (1) (See 十二律, 仲呂) (in Japan) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G); (2) (See 呂旋, 六調子) (in gagaku) scale similar to Mixolydian mode on G