minor scale

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But it’s a more difficult song to nail because it’s wordy, Glass said, “and the melody descends in a minor scale which may take some skill.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2023

Here, our staff looks into what that comparatively minor scale does to the film’s scope and story, and we address other group questions about how Homecoming operates, and how we reacted to it.

From The Verge • Jul. 10, 2017

Perrotta’s Rapture occurs on a minor scale: about two per cent of the world’s population disappears in an instant on October 14th.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 28, 2014

Tuesday’s first set began as the album does: with “España,” a kinetic concoction set in 5/4 meter, its springy melody hitting the upbeats in a minor scale.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2011

The three chords in question can be expressed as the numbers I, IV and V because they are the triads that belong to the first, fourth and fifth notes of the major or minor scale.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall