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Meanings of minor diatonic scale in English

Portuguese
escala menor

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

        escala menor
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        Examples for "minor scale"
        Examples for "minor scale"
        1
        The triads in the minor scale are as follows:
        Music Notation and Terminology
        2
        Ut is always the dominant of a major scale, or the leading-note of a minor scale.
        Emile
        3
        There followed a minor scale, descending well into the depths and vibrating dismally as it went.
        The Twenty-Fourth of June: Midsummer's Day
        4
        The minor scale form having minor sixth and minor seventh above tonic to be called Primitive Minor.
        Music Notation and Terminology
        5
        The minor scale form having minor sixth and major seventh above tonic to be called Harmonic Minor.
        Music Notation and Terminology
        Usage of minor diatonic scale in English
        1
        It is cast in the natural minor diatonic scale of C♯, though it is strongly pentatonic in character.
        The Tinguian: Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippi...
        Translations for minor diatonic scale
        Portuguese
        escala menor