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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of major scale¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

I was so happy to see the piece on such a major scale.

From Los Angeles Times

Solfege corresponds to the notes of the major scale, using the syllables Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, and Ti.

From Literature

Some, like pentatonic and octatonic scales, have fewer or more notes per octave, but many have seven tones, just as a major scale does.

From Literature

According to Steven Malk, a senior literary agent at Writer’s House who has worked with Ms. Gorman for the last three years, she was “determined to show this on a major scale.”

From New York Times

Some fear "devastation on a major scale" to the landscape.

From BBC