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A quality in music that describes a key, chord, or scale and is often perceived as sad, soft, or melancholic. The opposite is major.
Beethovens Mondscheinsonate beginnt mit einem sehr ruhigen Satz in cis-Moll.
Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata begins with a very calm movement in C-sharp minor.
The adjective 'moll' (minor) is not declined before a noun like other adjectives. You don't say 'ein molles Lied'. Instead, you use a construction with 'in' or a compound noun.
Das Stück steht in a-Moll.
The piece is in A minor.
'Moll' (minor) is almost only used as part of a compound, e.g. 'Moll-Akkord' (minor chord), or in the fixed phrase 'in ...-Moll' (in ... minor) to indicate the key. It can also stand alone to describe a chord: 'Dieser Akkord ist moll.' (This chord is minor.)
Die Sonate in c-Moll ist weltberühmt.
The sonata in C minor is world-famous.
The word 'moll' (minor) is a technical term from music. In everyday life, it is rarely used except by people who talk about music or play an instrument.
Im Musikunterricht lernen wir den Unterschied zwischen Dur und Moll.
In music class, we learn the difference between major and minor.
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According to the meanings given, Moll and Mol both refer to the same musical quality. Moll refers to the mode, while Mol is described here as referring to its soft or melancholic quality; no clear additional difference in usage is supported.
Das Mol dieser Tonart wird als weich und melancholisch beschrieben.
The minor quality of this key is described as soft and melancholic.
Das Stück steht in Moll und wirkt deshalb weich und melancholisch.
The piece is in a minor key and therefore sounds soft and melancholic.
