Okay, we've been talking about scales, these ideas of major and minor scales.

行,我们讨论了音阶,大调音阶和小调音阶的概念

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So, we've got the major/minor scales; we've got the chromatic scales.

我们已经讲过大小调音阶,我们已经接触过半音音阶

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So, we've got scales that are in the major mode; we've got scales in the minor mode.

我们已经听过大调的调式了,我们已经接触过小调式了

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