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harmonic minor scale
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harmonic minor scale
n
(Music / Classical Music) Music a minor scale modified from the state of being natural by the sharpening of the seventh degree See minor Compare melodic minor scale


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For instance, if you know that a melody is being played in the key of say, G major, you will then first assess whether this melody sounds like it is created from a major, natural minor, melodic, minor, harmonic minor, blues, or any other scale that you can think of.
Teardrop: I hid your essence, that small bundle of boy, As the vowel in a harmonic minor, And floated it along the scale/ of my silent consonants//Seducing midnight/with folk songs/Of love found/And love lost.
The pitch content is primarily diatonic except for necessary alterations for harmonic minor keys.
 
 
 
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