Noun
minor chord (plural minor chords)
(music) Any musical chord which has a minor third, as opposed to a major third, above its root, especially a minor triad.
I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have, to detect the music, not of the spheres, but of earth, subtleties of major and minor chord that the wind strikes upon the tree branches. Have you ever heard the earth breathe? Kate Chopin