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minor key

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minor key
n
(Music, other) Music a key based on notes taken from a corresponding minor scale
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Noun1.minor key - a key based on the minor scale
minor mode
tonality, key - any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music


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Following on the Odes, we have much written in the same style, more often than not by women, or songs possibly written to be sung by them, always in a minor key, fraught with sadness, yet full of quiet resignation and pathos.
A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context
We take all things in a minor key as we grow older.
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
I have a liking for such days as these; they revive one's converse with oneself and make it possible to live the inner life: they are quiet and peaceful, like a song in a minor key.
The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context
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