MINOR SCALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does minor scale mean? 

• MINOR SCALE (noun)
  The noun MINOR SCALE has 1 sense:

1. a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th

  Familiarity information: MINOR SCALE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINOR SCALE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

minor diatonic scale; minor scale

Hypernyms ("minor scale" is a kind of...):

mode; musical mode (any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave)