major mode

noun

, Music.

1. major scale.
2. major key.

Word History and Origins

Origin of major mode¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Or the scales may differ as the Major mode differs from the Minor, namely in the order in which the intervals follow each other.

From Project Gutenberg

The major mode is that of keys in which the tonic triad and the two other cardinal triads are major.

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A composition based on this scale is said to be written in the major mode, or in a major key.

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The exposition has a first subject of two extended members, the second in the major mode.

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