major scale

/ˌmeɪdʒər skeɪl/

Other forms: major scales

Definitions of major scale

1. noun

   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