melodic minor scale
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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… … Useful english dictionary
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
