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Meaning of "minor mode" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MINOR MODE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MINOR MODE

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Minor mode is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MINOR MODE 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 mode in the English dictionary

The definition of minor mode in the dictionary is any arrangement of notes present in or characteristic of a minor scale or key.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MINOR MODE

minor
minor arcana
minor axis
minor canon
minor key
minor league
minor orders
minor planet
minor premise
Minor Prophets
minor seventh
minor seventh chord
minor suit
minor term
Minorca
Minorcan
minoritaire
Minorite
minorities
minority

WORDS THAT END LIKE MINOR MODE

alamode
batch mode
church mode
commode
discommode
eigenmode
formal mode
incommode
landscape mode
material mode
mode
monomode
multimode
omnimode
outmode
portrait mode

Synonyms and antonyms of minor mode in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «minor mode» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MINOR MODE

Find out the translation of minor mode to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of minor mode 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 mode» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

辅助模式
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

modo menor
570 millions of speakers

English

minor mode
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नाबालिग मोड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وضع طفيف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

второстепенный режим
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

modo menor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছোট মোড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mode mineur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mod kecil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Moll
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マイナモード
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사소한 모드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mode suntingan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chế độ nhỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிறிய முறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

किरकोळ मोड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Küçük mod
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

modo minore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tryb drobne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

другорядний режим
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mod de minor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ήσσονος σημασίας λειτουργία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

minderjarige af
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sidoläge
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bimodus
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MINOR MODE»

The term «minor mode» is normally little used and occupies the 123.906 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about minor mode

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MINOR MODE»

Discover the use of minor mode in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to minor mode and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Elements of Sonata Theory : Norms, Types, and Deformations ...
Minor. Keys. Table 14.1 Modal Options in Major- and Minor-Mode Sonatas +. The Extra Burden of Minor-Mode Sonatas Virtually all of the guidelines for sonata- form movements in the major mode hold true for those whose initial tonic is minor .
James Hepokoski Professor of Music Yale University, Warren Darcy Professor of Music Theory Oberlin College Conservatory, 2006
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Harmony
The Artificial System as the Claim of the Artist In this sense, the minor mode springs from the originality of the artist, whereas the sources, at least, of the major mode flow, so to speak, spontaneously from Nature. § 25. The Occurrence of the  ...
Heinrich Schenker, Oswald Jonas, 1980
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Kodaly Today : A Cognitive Approach to Elementary Music ...
Because the Dorian mode has a minor third between the root (re) and the third (fa ), we designate Dorian mode as a minor mode. Major Modal Scales Ionian mode is clearly a major mode because it begins and ends on do and the half steps ...
Department of Music Millersville University Micheal Houlahan Professor of Music Theory and Chair, Department of Music Millersville University Philip Tacka Professor of Music Education, 2008
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The Great Tradition and Its Legacy: The Evolution of ...
As different as the characters of Electra and Osmin are, Mozart's representation of their "towering rage" in minor-mode music that "forgets itself" marks both as unnatural Others. Elsewhere I have explored eighteenth-century perceptions of the ...
Michael Cherlin, Halina Filipowicz, Richard L. Rudolph, 2004
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Practical Theory for Guitar
... 64 Super Locrian 66 Harmonic Minor Modes 69 Harmonic Minor Mode 1 70 Harmonic Minor Mode 2 73 Harmonic Minor Mode 3 76 Harmonic Minor Mode 4 78 Harmonic Minor Mode 5 81 Harmonic Minor Mode 6 84 Harmonic Minor Mode  ...
Don Latarski, Aaron Stang, 1993
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The First Golden Age of the Viennese Symphony: Haydn, ...
Among the seventeen symphonies from these years, six are principally in a minor mode. One in the major mode also goes beyond the normal three or four sharps or flats to the rare symphonic key of B major (No. 46[55]). The works of this time ...
A. Peter Brown, 2002
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The Foundations of Rock : From "Blue Suede Shoes" to "Suite: ...
redeeming the proceedings with a raised third scale degree before all would be lost in the minor-mode doldrums. (See, for instance, the ending of Web audio example 4.05.) This happens occasionally in rock, as in the final chords of Brian ...
Department of Music Theory The University of Michigan Walter Everett Associate Professor of Music and Chair, 2008
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge
some difference in mate connections there arc between the species f, the value of la as it stands in each of these scales, or major mode of ut, and the species or minor mode but diis amounts to much less than a semitone. ot la. For, 1.
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1806
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Medieval Music and the Art of Memory
... first in perfect mode and time of the greater [perfect and imperfect always apply to major mode and tempus, greater and lesser to minor mode and prolation], the second way in imperfect mode and time of the greater, third in perfect mode and ...
Anna Maria Busse Berger, 2005
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Elements of Sonata Theory: Norms, Types, and Deformations in ...
CHAPTER. FOURTEEN. Sonata. Form. in. Minor. Keys. The. Extra. Burden. of. Minor-Mode. Sonatas. Virtually all of the guidelines for sonata-form movements in the major mode hold true for those whose initial tonic is minor. Here, too, the ...
James Arnold Hepokoski, Warren Darcy, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MINOR MODE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term minor mode is used in the context of the following news items.
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An Exploration of Schubert at Music@Menlo's Summer Festival
In some of his works, especially those in the minor mode, Mozart was a Romantic composer born a little early. Within the calm strictness of high ... «San Francisco Classical Voice, Jul 15»
2
Festival of Insignificance review: Milan Kundera's twilight meditation …
It is a minor work from a master novelist, more a sketch for a novel than a novel, but, even in minor mode, Kundera is always worth reading. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
3
Woodwind winners in concert
But the minor mode and the intensity soon return and the piece hurries to its conclusion abandoning the triple-pulse, six-eight time signature at ... «Grocott's Mail Online, Jul 15»
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'The Marriage of Figaro' The Princeton Festival marries slapstick with …
... as Barbarina, Antonio's daughter, who stole hearts with the only aria in the minor mode, L'ho perduta, me meschina — (I've lost it, poor me). «Packet Online, Jun 15»
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BWW Reviews: Opera Theatre of St. Louis' RICHARD THE …
Whereas Costanza is generally given poignant arias in the minor mode, Pulcheria has vigorous ones in the major mode. Miss Guthrie quite ... «Broadway World, Jun 15»
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B3LLA Trio Plays Bold Beethoven
The fourth variation wasn't merely in the minor mode; it journeyed to a totally different emotional realm. The evening concluded with Piano Trio ... «San Francisco Classical Voice, Jun 15»
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Royal Greenwich Brass Band
The attractive minor mode section featured the euphoniums and baritones, and the piece came to a rousing finish. Atmospheric writing. «4barsrest.com, May 15»
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Concert review: Seamless eclecticism from Tze Toh and the Looking …
He modulated through different keys and into the minor mode before settling in a C major home. The Pulse was a slow meditation which began ... «The Straits Times, May 15»
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Fickett leaves legacy of classical music appreciation at UMW
... classical music and helping students understand its moving parts—such as the triumph of major over minor mode in Beethoven's Fifth. «Fredericksburg.com, May 15»
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MOZART: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major; Piano Sonata No. 17 in B …
The move to the A Minor mode grants a particular pathos to the intricate developmental mastery, smoothly rendered by Pressler. Out of a ... «Audiophile Audition, May 15»

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