minor key
a key or mode based on a minor scale.
a less jubilant or more restrained mood, atmosphere, or quality: The conversation shifted to a minor key with news of the defeat.
Origin of minor key
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How to use minor key in a sentence
“Awful Sound” begins in a minor key, with a clackety, rumbling beat.
‘Reflektor’ Makes Arcade Fire the Biggest Band in the World | Andrew Romano | October 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is the first English publication of Comedy in a minor key, a slim and poignantly titled novel.
It is as though the term 'dominant' when applied to a minor key were made to mean the dominant of the relative Major key.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning MonroEven before I knew how to use my tongue, my ear appreciated the difference between the major and the minor key.
Thus he sang in a high, minor key, with sudden drops to lower notes and inflections.
Red Hunters And the Animal People | Charles A. Eastman
Very nice months they were—only one cloud worth mention in the blue; only one phrase in a minor key.
Somehow Good | William de Morgan"They hate us; they mock us, and our children court them," droned another in a minor key.
The Incendiary | W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
British Dictionary definitions for minor key
music a key based on notes taken from a corresponding minor scale
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