A tonal center based on a minor scale, which is a major scale with the 3rd, 6th, and 7th degrees lowered one half step. Produces a somber or anxious mood.
Tonally, a key based on a minor scale; a scale that contains the following step pattern: whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole; or uses the sol-fa tones of la, ti, do, re, me, fa, so, la.
a beautiful song, I particularly like the line 'laughing at the jokes, only you and I, will ever understand', and was quite disappointed to hear Tim on the last US tour say he couldn't play it anymore in response to someone requesting it