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buoyancy

noun: cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface
noun: irrepressible liveliness and good spirit
noun: the property of something weightless and insubstantial


Ramsay
mathematical genesis, as seen in its D being a comma higher than that of the minor. This gravity and buoyancy of the modes is a striking feature of them. In the Thirds it is different from the Fifths; the larger hemisphere of each third seems gravitating toward the center of the tonic chord. The area of the scale has then the aspect of a planet with its north and south poles, and pervaded by a tendency towards the center; the center itself being neutral as to motion. [Scientific Basis and Build of Music, page 107]

See Also


center of buoyancy
levity

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