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major scale en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. One of the diatonic scales; a group of notes or musical pitches in a particular pattern, used to make melodies. The pattern for a major scale is: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone.
    • {c' d' e' f' g' a' b' c} In the key of C Major, the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C form a major scale

Forms

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Hypernyms

scale

Relateds

modal scale · minor scale

Translations (19)

cs durová stupnice (diatonic scale) · fi duuriasteikko (diatonic scale) · fr gamme majeure (diatonic scale) · fr mode majeur (diatonic scale) · cmn 大音階 /大音阶 (diatonic scale) · mi āwhata matua (diatonic scale) · sl durova lestvica (diatonic scale) · cmn 大调音階 (diatonic scale) · ro gamă majoră (diatonic scale) · tr majör gamı (diatonic scale) · cmn 大調音階 /大调音阶 (diatonic scale) · ja 長音階 (diatonic scale) · hu dúr hangsor/skála (diatonic scale) · sv durskala (diatonic scale) · de Dur (diatonic scale) · pl skala durowa (diatonic scale) · ru мажо́рная га́мма (diatonic scale) · pl skala majorowa (diatonic scale) · fa گام ماژور (diatonic scale)