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"(music) Any diatonic scale whose first, third, and fifth scale degrees form a minor triad."
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"sense": "diatonic scale",
"word": "小音階"
},
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"roman": "xiǎoyīnjiē",
"sense": "diatonic scale",
"word": "小音阶"
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"sense": "diatonic scale",
"word": "小調音階"
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"sense": "diatonic scale",
"word": "小调音阶"
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"sense": "diatonic scale",
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"sense": "diatonic scale",
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"sense": "diatonic scale",
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"sense": "diatonic scale",
"tags": [
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"word": "gamme mineure"
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"word": "moll hangsor/skála"
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"sense": "diatonic scale",
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"word": "moll"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "diatonic scale",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "gamă minoră"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "minórnaja gámma",
"sense": "diatonic scale",
"tags": [
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"word": "мино́рная га́мма"
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