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melodic minor scales

melodic minor scales is the plural of melodic minor scale.

Meaning of melodic minor scale

Noun

melodic minor scale (plural melodic minor scales)

  1. a type of minor scale with the 3rd note lowered by one semitone when the scale is played ascending, and the 3rd, 6th, and 7th notes lowered by one semitone when descending, with the interval patterns
    • tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - tone - semitone, and

Questions about melodic minor scales

What is melodic minor scales the plural of?
Melodic minor scales is the plural of melodic minor scale.

Words near melodic minor scales in the dictionary

  1. melodic dubstep
  2. melodic hardcore
  3. melodic line
  4. melodic lines
  5. melodic minor scale
  6. melodic minor scales
  7. melodica
  8. melodically
  9. melodicas
  10. melodicism
  11. melodicist

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