What does in a minor key mean?

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in a minor key

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English

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in a major key minor key

in a major key minor key

What does in a minor key mean?: In a restrained manner; on a small or limited scale.

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