"A minor" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} A minor (uncountable)
  1. (music) The minor key with A as its tonic, consisting of the pitches A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Music Translations (minor key): a-moll [common-gender] (Danish), a-mineur (Dutch), a-klein (Dutch), a-molli (Finnish), la mineur [masculine] (French), a-Moll [neuter] (German), a-moll (Hungarian), la minore [masculine] (Italian), イ短調 (itanchō) (alt: イたんちょう) (Japanese), 가 단조 (ga danjo) (Korean), a-moll [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), a-moll [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ля мино́р (lja minór) [masculine] (Russian), a-moll (Swedish), la minör (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-A_minor-en-noun-zxofAscZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English links with redundant wikilinks, English terms where the adjective follows the noun, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms where the adjective follows the noun: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 52 48 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'minor key': 74 26
  2. (music) The minor chord with a root of A. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Music Translations (minor chord): a-mineur (Dutch), a-klein (Dutch), la mineur [masculine] (French), a-Moll [neuter] (German), a-moll (Hungarian), a-moll [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-A_minor-en-noun-ExQoUAgC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English links with redundant wikilinks, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 52 48 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'minor chord': 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

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