minor mode

基本解释

If the melodies are tonal, are they in the major, or minor mode?
如果是音调的，它们是大调模式还是小调模式？
So, we've got scales that are in the major mode; we've got scales in the minor mode.
我们已经听过大调的调式了,我们已经接触过小调式了
Minor scales generally appear in one of three forms, natural minor (the minor mode), melodic minor, and harmonic minor.
小音阶通常有三种形式：自然小音阶，旋律小音阶，和声小音阶。

So, we've got scales that are in the major mode; we've got scales in the minor mode.
我们已经听过大调的调式了,我们已经接触过小调式了
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And they got in this habit of, every time they had a bright, happy text, they'd set this in one kind of mode or key-- a major mode--and every time they had a sad one, they'd set it in minor.
于是人们养成了这样的习惯,每当人们书写欢乐,愉悦的歌词时,他们就设定一个调式或调性,即大调,每当人们书写忧伤的歌词时,他们就定为小调
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