major key

Like the Carter Family tune, the song stays in a major key while the ship sinks ever deeper.

It is as though the term 'dominant' when applied to a Minor key were made to mean the dominant of the relative Major key.

The delightful harmony in which they had lived fell below the major key into minors, that touched and pierced her.

His mood brightens and the nocturne ends with an exquisite transition to the major key.

He played the minor strains, or what should have been minor, in the major key.

A peaceful closing section in the major key and in triple time expresses the consoled minds of the survivors.