小调

minor key───小调

major keys───大调；主键值

minor terms───[数]小项；小名辞

major key───大调；主键值

minor axis───[数]短轴；[天]短径；弱轴

minor term───[数]小项；小名辞

minor orders───小订单

The answer – in part – seems to be that the patterns of pitches in major keys mirror those of excited speech, whereas minor keys parallel subdued speech.───此问题的答案在某种程度上似乎在于由大音阶定调的音乐模式反映了那些能使人振奋的语言，然而小音阶的音调却与受压抑的语言相类似。

There are some harmonicas sold in minor keys. However, you can also play in minor keys with the regular harmonicas.───是有很多小调的口琴可以买到，然而在一般调上也能吹奏小调的曲子。

Okay, but it may be — how many national anthems around the world do we have in minor keys?───好了，但是也许，世界上有多少个国家的国歌，采用的是小调呢。

Why do tunes in a major key, such as Singin' in the Rain, sound cheerful, while those in minor keys – Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall, say – sound gloomy and depressing?

Contrasts of major and minor keys with the same root, found but once in Stuck's first book, are characteristic.