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major scale

noun major scales

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. {c' d' e' f' g' a' b' c}

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noun diatonic scale

日本語	長音階 chō onkai
中文	大音階 /大音阶 dàyīnjiē, 大調音階 /大调音阶, 大调音階 dàdiào yīnjiē
Français	gamme majeure, mode majeur
Deutsch	Dur
Română	gamă majoră
Русский	мажо́рная га́мма mažórnaja gámma

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@misc{major_scale_2026,
  title = {major scale},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/major%20scale},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}