harmonic minor scale

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harmon′ic mi′nor scale′, [Music.]

1. Music and Dance See minor scale (def. 1).

• 1880–85

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harmonic minor scale noun

1. a minor scale modified from the state of being natural by the sharpening of the seventh degree
   Compare minor, melodic minor scale