"minor scale" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: minor scales [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} minor scale (plural minor scales)
  1. (music) Any diatonic scale whose first, third, and fifth scale degrees form a minor triad. Categories (topical): Music Translations (diatonic scale): 小音階 (Chinese Mandarin), 小音阶 (xiǎoyīnjiē) (Chinese Mandarin), 小調音階 (Chinese Mandarin), 小调音阶 (Chinese Mandarin), 小调音階 (xiǎodiào yīnjiē) (Chinese Mandarin), molliasteikko (Finnish), gamme mineure [feminine] (French), mode mineur [masculine] (French), moll hangsor/skála (Hungarian), moll [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), gamă minoră [feminine] (Romanian), мино́рная га́мма (minórnaja gámma) [feminine] (Russian), molova lestvica [feminine] (Slovene)
    Sense id: en-minor_scale-en-noun-mPHpc9AG Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovene translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 46 54 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'diatonic scale': 70 30
  2. (music) The natural minor scale. Categories (topical): Music Hypernyms: scale Hyponyms: natural minor scale, harmonic minor scale, Hungarian minor scale, melodic minor scale Related terms: minor key, modal scale
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