A minor scale with the sixth and seventh degrees raised when ascending and lowered when descending.
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Example sentencesExamples
His neo-classical suite, based on Early Hungarian Dances, summons up a 17th century world of stateliness and gentle formality, with the use of modes and the melodic minor giving a characteristic Hungarian twist.
One of the most difficult passages for the violin in the first movement is a melodic minor one-octave scale in fingered octaves.
The opulent, yet bright orchestration and the chromatic melismata around the tritone and the melodic minor scale all point toward the composer of Schelomo.
Definition of melodic minor in US English:
melodic minor
noun
Music
A minor scale with the sixth and seventh degrees raised when ascending and lowered when descending.
〔乐〕旋律小音阶
Example sentencesExamples
His neo-classical suite, based on Early Hungarian Dances, summons up a 17th century world of stateliness and gentle formality, with the use of modes and the melodic minor giving a characteristic Hungarian twist.
The opulent, yet bright orchestration and the chromatic melismata around the tritone and the melodic minor scale all point toward the composer of Schelomo.
One of the most difficult passages for the violin in the first movement is a melodic minor one-octave scale in fingered octaves.