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旋律的短音階 (せんりつてきたんおんかい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

旋せん律りつ的てき短たん音おん階かい

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Meanings

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noun

melodic minor scale

music

A minor scale with a raised sixth and seventh degree when ascending, and natural minor when descending. Technical term used in music theory.

旋せん律りつ的てき短たん音おん階かいは上じょう行こうと下か行こうで音おん程ていが変かわる。
The melodic minor scale changes intervals when ascending and descending.

Kanji

旋rotation, go around

律rhythm, law, regulation

的bull's eye, mark, target

短short, brevity, fault

音sound, noise

階storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building

Similar words

自し然ぜん的てき短たん音おん階かい
Natural minor scale; the basic form without raised sixth and seventh degrees.
和わ声せい的てき短たん音おん階かい
Harmonic minor scale; has a raised seventh degree, creating an augmented second between the sixth and seventh.

Etymology

Compound of 旋律的 (melodic) + 短音階 (minor scale). A direct calque from Western music theory terminology.