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My life has always somehow been played out in a minor key, unresolved. Art somehow resolves things for me.
Daphne Guinness

Meaning of "minor key" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MINOR KEY

minor key play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MINOR KEY

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Minor key is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MINOR KEY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Minor scale

In music theory, minor scale may refer to: ▪ a heptatonic scale whose first, third, and fifth scale degrees form a minor triad, that is, a 7-note scale in which the third note is a minor third above the first, and the fifth note is a perfect fifth above the first. This includes the natural minor, harmonic minor, and melodic minor scales. A minor scale differs from a major scale in that the third degree in a major scale is a major third above the first degree. In other words, the third degree in a major scale is one semitone higher than in a minor scale. ▪ the natural minor scale, also known as Aeolian scale, taken by itself. When a major scale and a natural minor scale have the same key signature, they are relative keys. A natural minor scale has the same notes as its relative major scale, but is built starting from the sixth note of the relative major scale. ▪ the functional fusion of natural minor, harmonic minor, and melodic minor scales, as is used in Western classical music. A harmonic minor scale differs from a natural minor scale in that the seventh note is raised one semitone.

Definition of minor key in the English dictionary

The definition of minor key in the dictionary is a key based on notes taken from a corresponding minor scale.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MINOR KEY

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Minor Prophets
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WORDS THAT END LIKE MINOR KEY

Allen key
command key
control key
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escape key
function key
hot key
ignition key
major key
master key
off key
on key
relative major key
relative minor key
return key
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Synonyms and antonyms of minor key in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «minor key» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MINOR KEY

Find out the translation of minor key to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of minor key from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «minor key» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

小调
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tono menor
570 millions of speakers

English

minor key
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नाबालिग कुंजी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مفتاح القصر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

минорной тональности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tom menor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছোট চাবি
260 millions of speakers

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mineur
220 millions of speakers

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Kunci kecil
190 millions of speakers

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Moll
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Translator English - Japanese

短調
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Translator English - Korean

작은 키
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tombol suntingan
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Translator English - Vietnamese

phím nhỏ
80 millions of speakers

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சிறிய விசை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

किरकोळ की
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Küçük anahtar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tono minore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niewielki klucz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мінорній тональності
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cheie minoră
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Translator English - Greek

μινόρε
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Translator English - Afrikaans

mineurtoonsoort
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

moll
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Translator English - Norwegian

moll
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about minor key

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3 QUOTES WITH «MINOR KEY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word minor key.
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Carla Bley
When Ronald Reagan was elected I was on a bus traveling with a band in France. I wrote a little arrangement of The Star Spangled Banner in a minor key.
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Daphne Guinness
My life has always somehow been played out in a minor key, unresolved. Art somehow resolves things for me.
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Margaret Walker
I want my careless song to strike no minor key; no fiend to stand between my body's Southern song - the fusion of the South, my body's song and me.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MINOR KEY»

Discover the use of minor key in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to minor key and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Comedy in a Minor Key: A Novel
A penetrating study of ordinary people resisting the Nazi occupation—and, true to its title, a dark comedy of wartime manners—Comedy in a Minor Key tells the story of Wim and Marie, a Dutch couple who first hide a Jew they know as Nico, ...
Hans Keilson, 2010
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Your Seven-Year-Old: Life in a Minor Key
Your Seven-Year-Old is devoted to the delightful but often anxious and withdrawn child of Seven. Although any seven-year-old will have moments of exuberance, security, and happiness, in general this is an age of introspection.
Louise Bates Ames, Carol Chase Haber, 2012
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Kleos in a Minor Key: The Homeric Education of a Little Prince
As this book shows through philological and interdisciplinary analysis, Prince Telemachos grows up in the course of the Telemachy and arguably even beyond (in book 24): his education, which is conceived largely as an apprenticeship on land ...
J. C. B. Petropoulos, 2011
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Music Theory For Dummies
Following is a run-down of the major and natural minor key signatures and a couple of octaves' worth of notes in those keys, arranged in a scale. Because this chapter is about the Circle of Fifths, we order the key signatures following the Circle ...
Michael Pilhofer, Holly Day, 2011
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The Death of the Adversary: A Novel
Written while Hans Keilson was in hiding during World War II, The Death of the Adversary is the self-portrait of a young man helplessly fascinated by an unnamed “adversary” whom he watches rise to power in 1930s Germany.
Hans Keilson, 2010
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The Viennese Minor-Key Symphony in the Age of Haydn and Mozart
Viennese minor-key symphonies c. 1760–90 studied for this book Viennese minor-key symphonies c. 1760–90 with attribution but not surviving in source Contrapuntal minor-key minuets Fast sonata-form minor-key finales notated in 2/ 2 or 4/4 ...
Matthew Riley, 2014
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Humming and Growling in a Minor Key
Madeleine Michele. TOO MUCH! Greasy scratchy tumbling dishes Sink and soapy water Soapy water Bubbles No not these sweetly scented iridescent floating dancing and happy popping bubbles the body sinking tender melting dreaming.
Madeleine Michele, 2004
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A Creative Approach to Music Fundamentals
Minor Key Signatures The minor key signatures, for sharp keys and flat keys, are given below, followed by the number of accidentals associated with each key. Notice that lowercase lete ters are used to indicate minor keys. Notice also that the ...
William Duckworth, 2012
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Harmony & Theory
For each major key, there is a relative minor, and for each minor key, a relative major. To the eye, the key signatures of relative keys are identical. Minor key signatures are laid out on the staff just like major key signatures. The sharps and flats ...
Keith Wyatt, Carl Schroeder, 1998
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Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory
Harmonizing a melody in a minor key is similar to harmonizing a melody in a major key. Since the i, iv, and V (or V7) chords contain all the notes of the harmonic minor scale, many melodies in a minor key can be harmonized with just these ...
Andrew Surmani, Morton Manus, Karen Farnum Surmani, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MINOR KEY»

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Joy Williams: Venus
It's a widescreen rocker without electric guitar, it's a big sing along in a minor key, and it puts the focus right on Williams's voice. It basically does ... «PopMatters, Jul 15»
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Harmonic Cross Like to Get Get Mysterious (and Just Started a Band …
... jam that became Harmonic Cross, then we brought Ryan into Highness and we put all of these weird chants in it and put it in a minor key. «Noisey, Jul 15»
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New: George Cleve Kicks off Midsummer Mozart 2015
... movement features dramatic contrasts of light and dark, soft and powerful passages, with sudden outbursts in an unexpected minor key. «Berkeley Daily Planet, Jul 15»
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Album Corner: Alternative mashups
... to mostly darker trap, unlike the happier sound characterized by Fetty Wap for example, as most of his beats stick mostly to the minor key. «Daily Athenaeum, Jul 15»
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From the archive, 21 July 1997: Blame it on the grapevine
It is hard to be upbeat in a minor key or with a slow tempo (less than, say, 90 beats per minute). Indeed, around 90 percent of Songseekers' ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Interview: Alice Gerrard, bluegrass pioneer
S.Z.: Your voice is suited to the minor key. I saw a YouTube video of you singing “Bear Me Away,” and you have a group of people kind of ... «Street Roots News, Jul 15»
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REVIEW: Don't stop believin' in …
The Robert Fleischman era was featured in the blistering rockers Winds of March and Wheel In The Sky – pretty much the only minor key songs ... «Gig City, Jul 15»
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MORRISON ON MY MIND: Band students show progress
The band transitioned to a subdued minor key in “Korean Folk Medley.” With “Carpathian Sketches,” the different instruments took turns taking ... «Stillwater News Press, Jul 15»
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Movie review: Ian McKellen delivers in 'Mr. Holmes'
But it's a refreshingly original take on Sherlock in a contemplative, minor key and — if not wholly satisfying — an elegant piece of work, often ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»
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Watch: Jason Schwartzman Tries To Be A Better Person In Trailer …
It's a minor key journey with what looks like a decent amount of charm to spare. "7 Chinese Brothers" opens on August 28th. Watch below. «Indie Wire, Jul 15»

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