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minor scale
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minor scale
n. Music
A diatonic scale having a half step between the second and third degrees and any of several intervalic arrangements above the fifth.
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Noun1.minor scale - a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6thminor scale - a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th
minor diatonic scale
musical mode, mode - any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
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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.
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