minor (plural minors) (law) A child, a person who has not reached the age of majority, consent, etc. and is legally subject to fewer responsibilities and less accountability and entitled to fewer legal rights and privileges. quotations
You use minor to describe something that is less important, serious, or significant than other things in a group or situation. A minor is a person who is still legally a child. In Britain, people are minors until they reach the age of eighteen.
lesser, as in size, extent, or rank: a minor role. under full legal age. Education of or relating to a student's academic minor: minor subjects. Music and Dance (in music) based on a scale in which the third note is one half step smaller than the corresponding major scale: a minor key.
Definition of minor adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A natural minor scale (or Aeolian mode) is a diatonic scale that is built by starting on the sixth degree of its relative major scale. For instance, the A natural minor scale can be built by starting on the 6th degree of the C major scale:
A natural minor scale (or Aeolian mode) is a diatonic scale that is built by starting on the sixth degree of its relative major scale. For instance, the A natural minor scale can be built by starting on the 6th degree of the C major scale: