natural minor scale

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English

Noun

natural minor scale (plural natural minor scales)

  1. (music) a type of minor scale with the 3rd, 6th, and 7th notes lowered by one semitone, with the interval pattern:
    tone - semitone - tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone.
Starting on the note C, this produces a scale with the notes C, D, E♭, F, G, A♭, B♭, C.