noun
minor mode
Music theory term referring to the minor mode or minor scale system.
この曲は短旋法で書かれている。
This piece is written in a minor mode.
長旋法 is the major mode, contrasting with 短旋法 (minor mode).
Compound of 短 (short, minor) and 旋法 (mode, melody). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a technical music-theory word.