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minor key
noun
- 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.
minor key
noun
- music a key based on notes taken from a corresponding minor scale
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of minor key1
Example Sentences
Its reflective, minor key melancholy was embraced by fans after the band went on hiatus in 2016.
Best of all is the lively triple-time finale, which evokes the long history of courtly hunting music, with an alluring short section in minor key.
A 鈥渕ajor key鈥 music piece communicates cheer, while a 鈥渕inor key鈥 mirrors grief.
Even as she rejoices, 鈥淎 home in you I鈥檝e found,鈥 the chords circle around a minor key and she sounds cautious, almost disbelieving.
The mood is melancholic, redoubled by long, drawn-out notes from the strings and minor key piano arpeggios; passages of happiness feel fragile, fleeting, untrustworthy.
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