D major

American  

[dee may-jer] / ˈdi ˈmeɪ dʒər /

noun

1. Music.  the key that has D as the tonic or first note of its scale and is represented by a key signature having two sharps.

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Example Sentences

“He was this nuclear reactor of creativity,” recalls Hayes, who directed Miranda’s short musical “Nightmare in D Major” at Hunter College High School.

From Los Angeles Times

I saw violinist Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider play Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D Major with the New York Philharmonic in early November and was struck by how the reconfiguration of the hall, along with greater illumination, made the audience a part of the proceedings — the man who bobbed his head in time with the timpani, the woman in the red shawl who enthusiastically applauded the musicians.

From Los Angeles Times

Watts won a Philadelphia Orchestra student competition and debuted when he was 10 in a children’s concert on Jan. 12, 1957, performing the first movement of Haydn’s Concerto in D major.

From Seattle Times

He started taking piano lessons at age 7 and, by age 11, he was said to have been able to play Haydn’s Piano Concerto in D Major from memory.

From Seattle Times

He contrasted concertos in D major and minor, and made explicit the connections between two Mozart works — arguments that were more persuasive from the keyboard than from his perch as conductor.

From New York Times