The phrase "a minor scale" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in the context of music theory to refer to a specific type of musical scale that has a particular pattern of intervals.
Example: "The piece is composed in A minor scale, giving it a melancholic feel."
Alternatives: "a minor key" or "a minor tonality".
This is the equivalent of shooting 100 free throws in a row for basketball practice, or running through just the A minor scale for an hour's music lesson.
A rising bassline takes us through the murk of an A minor scale as Thom sings "You can try the best you can" suggesting that the he is doomed to failure.
You can now play an A minor scale.
Perrotta's Rapture occurs on a minor scale: about two per cent of the world's population disappears in an instant on October 14th.
"We thought our success in creating an audience and winning plaudits on a minor scale," he said, was something Mr. Mongerson would appreciate.
There was no point, Margaret and I decided, in seeming standoffish, provided what we did was tasteful and on a minor scale -- a gesture, so to say.
To put it in modern terms: if a piece is in A minor, one would expect to hear such related chords as D minor and E major, whose notes overlap with the A-minor scale.
Ross, as ever, explains this handily: "To put it in modern terms: if a piece is in A minor, one would expect to hear such related chords as D minor and E major, whose notes overlap with the A-minor scale.
I used the A-minor scale for the amino acids based on their level of attraction to water.
It also required a minor scaling back of the number of units, from a total of 21 proposed to a total of 18.
The piece consists of little more than A minor scales played at different speeds, but the effect is of a resonant, shimmering halo of sound.
