In unusual situations, the minor second can add a great deal of character to the music.

More recently, the music to the movie Jaws exemplifies the minor second.

Other ratios may function as a minor second.

The left hand is an arpeggiated figure sporadically interrupted with minor seconds.

When the Mandarin seizes the girl, the minor second is heard again.

This section is played consonantly, without dismelodious sounds such as the minor second.

This allows for bending the pitch in similar capacity to the dongxiao down a minor second.

Musically related: What is the definition of a minor second?

These are constructed from major, neutral, and minor seconds (see Arab tone system).

That part toward the end, where you've got the two trumpets playing a minor second against each other?