“minor scale”

The following 7 entries include the term minor scale.

aeolian minor scale

noun, sometimes capitalized A

harmonic minor scale

noun

: a minor scale like the natural form except that the 7th tone is raised by a half step (as A-B-C-D-E-F-G♯-A)

melodic minor scale

noun

: a minor scale with the ascending intervals between the scale tones consisting of whole steps except those between two and three and seven and eight and with the descending intervals corresponding to the pattern of the natural minor scale with half steps between six and five and three and two

natural minor scale

noun

: a minor scale with the diatonic intervals being whole steps except those half-steps between 2–3 and 5–6 and corresponding in pattern to the Aeolian church mode compare harmonic minor scale, melodic minor scale

normal minor scale

noun

original minor scale

noun

pure minor scale

noun
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