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major scale vs. minor scale
noun
- a scale consisting of a series of whole steps except for half steps between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth degrees.
noun
- a scale having half steps between the second and third, fifth and sixth, and seventh and eighth degrees, with whole steps for the other intervals.
- a scale having the third degree lowered a half step when ascending, and the seventh, sixth, and third degrees lowered a half step when descending.