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major scale

noun

, Music.
  1. a scale consisting of a series of whole steps except for half steps between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth degrees.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of major scale1

First recorded in 1865–70
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Example Sentences

The largest carbon capture plant is in Iceland, but projects like that one have yet to be implemented on a major scale.

On lifting the fingers in successive order from the bottom end, we get the seven notes of the major scale.

Below is a table of musical nomenclatures, showing various relations between the notes of the major scale.

Inspection will show that these three major triads comprise all of the tones of the major scale D being the octave of D.

To illustrate the necessity for these additional notes take the major scale starting with B.

In using the various notes as the keynote for a major scale, 72 different notes in the octave would be required.

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