Meaning of moll | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a minor scale (having intervals of a semitone between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth, and the seventh and eighth)
   masculine
2. mull (a thin, soft muslin)
   masculine, neuter
3. minor (scale or key)
   masculine, uncountable
4. a minor (timbre, that in classical and romantic music, can evoke or express melancholy)
   figuratively, masculine

Examples

“ren moll”

Aeolian mode

“han vidste, at Hans blot kunde tre akkompagnementer; et i moll og to i dur”

he knew that Hans could only do three accompaniments; one in minor and two in major

“musikken skifter fra moll til dur, og trombonene kommer inn over de lange, blanke strykeakkordene”

the music changes from minor to major, and the trombones come in over the long, shiny string chords

“[løven] i moll maa klynke, som brølte før i dur”

[the lion] in minor must whine, which roared before in major

“gaa til moll fra dur”

go to minor from major

“kollisjoner mellom duren fra de inntrengende og stuens moll”

collisions between the drone from the intruders and the living room minor