
Minor Scale was a test conducted on June 27, 1985 by the United States Defense Nuclear Agency (now part of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency) involving the detonation of several thousand tons of conventional explosives to simulate the explosion of a small nuclear bomb. The purpose of the test was to evaluate the effect of nuclear blasts on vario...
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(from the article `diatonic`) ...stepwise arrangement of the seven `natural` pitches (scale degrees) forming an octave without altering the established pattern of a key or modein ... By Rameau`s time no vestige remained of the ancient modal system, which was replaced by 12 major and 12 minor keys beginning on each of the...
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n] - a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th
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a scale built on a formula of an ascending pattern of a whole step, a half-step, two whole steps, a half-step, and two whole steps.
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minor diatonic scale noun a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th
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