Melodic Minor Scale

Famous quotes containing the words melodic, minor and/or scale:

    “Whose starward eye
    Saw chariot “swing low”? And who was he
    That breathed that comforting, melodic sigh,
    “Nobody knows de trouble I see”?”
    —James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)

    “A child who fears excessive retaliation for even minor offenses will learn very early on that to lie is to protect himself.... If your child intuits that you will react very punitively to his wrongdoing, he may be tempted to lie and may become, as time goes on, a habitual liar.”
    —Lawrence Balter (20th century)

    “With a defeated joy,
    With an auspicious, and a dropping eye,
    With mirth in funeral, and with dirge in marriage,
    In equal scale weighing delight and dole.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)