Glossary (Seelisch Tact) 

CHUNITHM ORIGIN

Includes all glossary entries for the main Seelisch Tact story-line.

A Dur Glissando Leggiero

• ”Dur” is a German word referring to “major” musical scales—in this case, A major. A glissando is a glide from one pitch to another. Leggiero is a direction to play with a light touch.

Blue Reaper

• Translated literally from “青の死神/ao no shinigami”.

Conductor

• A hero of legend that was said to be able to control and communicate with the Machine Gods.

Destra Arco and Sinistra Legno

• Fené’s chakrams. In music terms, destra refers to the right hand while sinistra refers to the left. Arco directs that a string instrument be played with a bow rather than plucked by fingers, and legno (col legno) is a direction that players of bowed instruments should use the wood, and not the hair of the bow.

Dominants

• Another word used to refer to Machine Gods.

Doppel-Dominant

• A term used to refer to “inferior” Machine Gods. They are described as having lost their proper function, and thus lose reason/intelligence and resort to indiscriminate slaughter. 

Gestopft

• “Hand-stopping”, a German-named technique that can change the sound of a horn by inserting the hand into the bell.

Seele Tact

• The titular blade. Ordinarily it is a large crystalline object, but it responds to Shizuma—who can transform it into a longsword to wield. Frequently referred by just the name Tact. The word "タクト (Takuto)" is the Japanese abbreviation for the German word Taktstock, a conductor's baton. Seelisch is also a German word, with the meanings of "psychologically", "mentally", and "spiritually". The word "Seele" is also German, similarly meaning "mind", "soul", and "(human) spirit".

Staccato and Legato

• Two different ways of playing music. Staccato notes are played with short, detached duration. Legato notes are fluid and continuous.

Waldhorn music gun

• A specific type of horn that Glenn is able to shoot musical bullets from.