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major scale

ma·jor scale (plural ma·jor scales)


noun 
Definition:
 
musical scale: a musical scale with intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth notes and the seventh and eighth notes and whole tones between all other consecutive notes. Major scales potentially have a bright and joyful quality.
See also  minor scale


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