Text: Less, smaller. (1) Intervals are said to be minor when they contain one semitone lessthan major. (2) A scale is saidto be in the minor mode when its third and sixth areminor. Formerly minor music was desribed as "with the lesser third." (3) Flute minor, Klein flute, s small flute-stop on the organ, or 4 ft. or 2 ft pitch.

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