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major scale

–noun Music.

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

Also called major mode.

[Origin: 1865–70

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n. Music
A diatonic scale having half steps between the third and fourth and the seventh and eighth degrees and whole steps between the other adjacent degrees.

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major scale
noun
a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th

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