minor mode

minor mode

noun Music.
a scale or key in which the third degree is a minor third above the tonic.

Origin:
1770–80
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Minor mode is always a great word to know.
So is dotted half rest. Does it mean:
consists of a half rest plus a dot
tone lowered a half step in pitch
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minor mode
 
n
music any arrangement of notes present in or characteristic of a minor scale or key

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