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  2. List of musical scales and modes - Wikipedia

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    The A melodic minor scale, ascending and descending, on A. ... Major: Minor: Usual Neapolitan major scale: Neapolitan major scale on C. Play ...

  3. Zygomaticus minor muscle - Wikipedia

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    The zygomaticus minor muscle is a muscle of facial expression. It originates from the zygomatic bone, lateral to the rest of the levator labii superioris muscle, and inserts into the outer part of the upper lip. It draws the upper lip backward, upward, and outward and is used in smiling.

  4. Neapolitan scale - Wikipedia

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    Both are accompanied well by power or minor chords. [1] The 4th mode of the Neapolitan major, also known as the Lydian Dominant ♭ 6 scale, is an excellent choice for the 9 ♯ 11 ♭ 13 chord. Said mode contains all the alterations plus the ♮ 5. A whole tone scale is often used but that mode tends to be minus the ♮ 5 that the Lydian Minor ...

  5. Major scale - Wikipedia

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    The pattern of whole and half steps characteristic of a major scale. The intervals from the tonic (keynote) in an upward direction to the second, to the third, to the sixth, and to the seventh scale degrees of a major scale are called major. [1] A major scale is a diatonic scale. The sequence of intervals between the notes of a major scale is:

  6. Minor scale - Wikipedia

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    Since the natural minor scale is built on the 6th degree of the major scale, the tonic of the relative minor is a major sixth above the tonic of the major scale. For instance, B minor is the relative minor of D major because the note B is a major sixth above D. As a result, the key signatures of B minor and D major both have two sharps (F ...

  7. Major and minor - Wikipedia

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    Major and minor third in a major chord: major third 'M' on bottom, minor third 'm' on top. Major and minor may also refer to scales and chords that contain a major third or a minor third, respectively. A major scale is a scale in which the third scale degree (the mediant) is a major third above the tonic note. In a minor scale, the third degree ...

  8. Zygomaticus - Wikipedia

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    Zygomatic bone; Zygomaticus minor muscle; Zygomaticus major muscle This page was last edited on 10 April 2017, at 18:27 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...

  9. Roman numeral analysis - Wikipedia

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    The seventh scale degree is very often raised a half step to form a leading tone, making the dominant chord (V) a major chord (i.e. V major instead of v minor) and the subtonic chord (vii), a diminished chord (vii o, instead of ♭ VII). This version of minor scale is called the harmonic minor scale.