Lydian
Ancient Anatolian civilization
Lydian relates to Lydia, an ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor known for its wealth and credited with inventing coinage.
In music, the Lydian mode is a scale with a raised fourth degree, giving it a bright, dreamy quality: The theme has a Lydian feel.
Lydian appears in discussions of ancient history, music theory, and occasionally gemology (Lydian stone was used to test gold purity).
Byword for extreme wealth
- coinageInvented term or currency
- goldElement seventy-nine
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- HerodotusAncient Greek historiographer
Asia Minor · Anatolia · Iron Age · Persian Wars · tumulus · artifacts · numismatics · minting
Improvisational American music genre
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- bebopFast, complex jazz style
- chordNotes sounded simultaneously
- voicingExpressing aloud
fusion · tritone · Miles Davis · tension · resolution · harmony · composition
Eastern Mediterranean region
- DorianHellenic people or name
- AeolianCaused by wind
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- majorOf chief importance
bright · church modes · medieval · tonality · F major · modal · ecclesiastical · plainchant
Of Asia Minor
- HittiteAncient Anatolian civilization
- inscriptionsWords carved into surfaces
- deciphermentInterpreting unknown scripts
- scriptWritten words for performance
epigraphy · paleography · transliteration · phonology · extinct · Indo-European · cuneiform · bilingual
Ethics-focused secular philosopher
- sans-serifType without terminal strokes
- geometricRelating to mathematical shapes
- typographyArranging letters for display
- fontCharacter style set
letterforms · display · headline · legibility · weight · italic · bold · condensed
Croesus
Byword for extreme wealth
Herodotus · Asia Minor · Anatolia · Iron Age · Persian Wars · tumulus · artifacts · numismatics · minting · trade
jazz
Improvisational American music genre
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- bebopFast, complex jazz style
- chordNotes sounded simultaneously
voicing · fusion · tritone · Miles Davis · tension · resolution · harmony · composition
Ionian
Eastern Mediterranean region
major · bright · church modes · medieval · tonality · F major · modal · ecclesiastical · plainchant · modality
Anatolian
Of Asia Minor
- HittiteAncient Anatolian civilization
- inscriptionsWords carved into surfaces
- deciphermentInterpreting unknown scripts
script · epigraphy · paleography · transliteration · phonology · extinct · Indo-European · cuneiform · bilingual · grammar
humanist
Ethics-focused secular philosopher
- sans-serifType without terminal strokes
- geometricRelating to mathematical shapes
- typographyArranging letters for display
font · letterforms · display · headline · legibility · weight · italic · bold · condensed · extended