minor scale
Darker tonal pattern
A minor scale is a musical scale with a characteristically darker or sadder sound than a major scale, produced by a different pattern of intervals between notes.
The natural minor scale has half steps between the second and third degrees and between the fifth and sixth.
Variations include the harmonic minor and melodic minor scales, each altering certain notes.
The piece shifts from C major to A minor.
Caused by moving air
- tonicInvigorating medicinal drink
- mediantScale's third tone
- subdominantFourth scale degree
- dominantHaving superior influence
leading tone · whole step · half step · interval · key signature · descending · ascending · diatonic
Subdued, lasting sadness
- sadnessState of emotional pain
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- tensionStretched or strained state
darkness · yearning · solemnity · pathos · lament · wistfulness · gravitas · poignancy
Of ancient Greece/Rome
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
- romanticConducive to love
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- bluesMournful American music genre
flamenco · klezmer · fado · tango · metal · gothic · film score · requiem
Made or became smaller
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- chord progressionSequence of tonal changes
aeolian
Caused by moving air
- tonicInvigorating medicinal drink
- mediantScale's third tone
- subdominantFourth scale degree
dominant · leading tone · whole step · half step · interval · key signature · descending · ascending · diatonic · flatten
melancholy
Subdued, lasting sadness
- sadnessState of emotional pain
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
tension · darkness · yearning · solemnity · pathos · lament · wistfulness · gravitas · poignancy · sorrow
classical
Of ancient Greece/Rome
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
- romanticConducive to love
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
blues · flamenco · klezmer · fado · tango · metal · gothic · film score · requiem · nocturne
diminished
Made or became smaller
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
chord progression · secondary dominant · consonance · dissonance
sonata
Multi-movement instrumental composition
concerto · symphony · nocturne · requiem · aria · lieder · Moonlight Sonata · Dies Irae
- scalesweight, measure, balance, precision scales, beam balance
- harmonyharmony, chord, chords, triad, triads
- Minor ___
- music fundamentalsdo, re, mi, fa, sol
- music theorynote, notes, chord, chords, harmony
- piano exercisesetude, hand coordination, finger exercise, major scales, chromatic scales