major-scale

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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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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