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major scale

DEFINITIONS OF: major scale

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

Synonyms:
major diatonic scale
Types:
C major, C major scale, scale of C major
(music) the major scale having no sharps or flats
Type of:
mode, musical mode
any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
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