minor key

1. 1.

   a key based on the minor scale

   Synonymsminor mode

   Broaderkey

Questions about minor key

What does minor key mean?

minor key means "a key based on the minor scale".

What is another word for minor key?

Close synonyms include minor mode. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is minor key a common word?

minor key is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.