minor mode
a scale or key in which the third degree is a minor third above the tonic.
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How to use minor mode in a sentence
This mode, it is obvious, is based on the scale which is the descending scale of the modern minor mode.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning MonroLet us take a concrete example: the change from the major to the minor mode carries with it a change of sentiment.
Spirit and Music | H. Ernest HuntLest this should become monotonous a musician played a melody in the minor mode and not without a strange haunting charm.
Indo-China and Its Primitive People | Henry BaudessonThus it appears as a major scale with a diminished second and a minor sixth, a sort of major-minor mode.
Franz Liszt | James HunekerThe minor mode is that of keys in which the tonic triad and one other cardinal triad are minor.
British Dictionary definitions for minor mode
music any arrangement of notes present in or characteristic of a minor scale or key
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