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Major scale   /mˈeɪdʒər skeɪl/   Listen
Major scale

noun
1.
A diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th.  Synonym: major diatonic scale.



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"Major scale" Quotes from Famous Books



... minim, crotchet, quaver; semiquaver, demisemiquaver, hemidemisemiquaver; sustained note, drone, burden. tonic; key note, leading note, fundamental note; supertonic[obs3], mediant[obs3], dominant; submediant[obs3], subdominant[obs3]; octave, tetrachord[obs3]; major key, minor key, major scale, minor scale, major mode, minor mode; passage, phrase. concord, harmony; emmeleia[obs3]; unison, unisonance[obs3]; chime, homophony; euphony, euphonism[obs3]; tonality; consonance; consent; part. [Science of harmony] harmony, harmonics; thorough-bass, fundamental- bass; counterpoint; faburden[obs3]. ...
— Roget's Thesaurus



Words linked to "Major scale" :   musical mode, C major, scale of C major, mode, C major scale, major diatonic scale



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