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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And they got in this habit of, every time they had a bright, happy text, they'd set this in one kind of mode or key-- a major mode--and every time they had a sad one, they'd set it in minor.

于是人们养成了这样的习惯,每当人们书写欢乐,愉悦的歌词时,他们就设定一个调式或调性,即大调,每当人们书写忧伤的歌词时,他们就定为小调

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