1. a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th; [syn: minor scale, minor diatonic scale]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
minor diatonic scale
n 1: a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except
for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th [syn: minor scale,
minor diatonic scale]