minor scale

noun — 2 senses

minor scale

noun

1

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Any diatonic scale whose first, third, and fifth scale degrees form a minor triad.

2

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music The natural minor scale.

Related terms: minor key, modal scale
Hypernyms: scale
Hyponyms: natural minor scale, harmonic minor scale, Hungarian minor scale, melodic minor scale

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