Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun minor_diatonic_scale

1 sense of minor diatonic scale

Sense 1
minor scale, minor diatonic scale -- (a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th)
       => mode, musical mode -- (any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave)