major scale

English

Noun

major scale (plural major scales)

1. (music) One of the diatonic scales; a group of notes or musical pitches in a particular pattern, used to make melodies. The pattern for a major scale is: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone.

   In the key of C Major, the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C form a major scale:

   

Hypernyms

• scale

Related terms

• minor scale
• modal scale

Translations

diatonic scale

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大音階／大音阶 (dàyīnjiē), 大調音階／大调音阶, 大调音階／大调音阶 (dàdiào yīnjiē)

• Czech: durová stupnice f
• Finnish: duuriasteikko
• French: gamme majeure f, mode majeur m
• German: Dur (de) n
• Maori: āwhata matua
• Romanian: gamă majoră (ro) f
• Russian: мажо́рная га́мма f (mažórnaja gámma)
• Turkish: majör gamı

References

• major scale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia