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Minor key   /mˈaɪnər ki/   Listen
Minor key

noun
1.
A key based on the minor scale.  Synonym: minor mode.





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... been copied in Europe. Without ever inventing the modes of the Greeks, which are still preserved by the Hindoos, they have an original music, dealing in harmony rather than in tune, and there are motives, of course all in the minor key, which might be utilized by advanced peoples; these sons of nature would especially supply material for that recitative which Verdi first made something better than a vehicle for dialogue. Hence the old missioners are divided in opinion; whilst some find ...
— Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton
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Words linked to "Minor key" :   tonality, minor mode, key


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