melodic minor scale — Music. See minor scale (def. 2). * * * … Universalium
Minor scale — For the simulated nuclear detonation, see Minor Scale. Minor scale Qualities Number of pitch classes 7 Maximal evenness … Wikipedia
minor scale — noun a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th • Syn: ↑minor diatonic scale • Hypernyms: ↑mode, ↑musical mode * * * 1. Also called harmonic minor scale. a scale having half steps between the… … Useful english dictionary
minor scale — 1. Also called harmonic minor scale. a scale having half steps between the second and third, fifth and sixth, and seventh and eighth degrees, with whole steps for the other intervals. 2. Also called melodic minor scale. a scale having the third… … Universalium
Minor scale — minor mi nor (m[imac] n[ e]r), a. [L., a comparative with no positive; akin to AS. min small, G. minder less, OHG. minniro, a., min, adv., Icel. minni, a., minnr, adv., Goth. minniza, a., mins, adv., Ir. & Gael. min small, tender, L. minuere to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
melodic minor — noun A minor scale with major sixth and seventh ascending and minor sixth and seventh descending • • • Main Entry: ↑melody … Useful english dictionary
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 … Useful english dictionary
melodic minor — noun Music a minor scale with the sixth and seventh degrees raised when ascending and lowered when descending … English new terms dictionary
Minor major seventh chord — on C. i in C harmonic or ascending melodic minor[1] … Wikipedia
Minor seventh chord — Minor minor (i7) seventh chord on C[1] … Wikipedia