major key
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of major key
First recorded in 1840–50
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The variations, all but three in the same major key, utilize roughly the same harmonic progression, so listeners are lulled by the shared cadence but also dazzled by the inventiveness that masks it.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
Here the keyboards have a buoyant and optimistic quality; the chords are in a major key.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2022
Many, if not all of them, are in a bright major key, colorful, buoyant and playful.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2021
They live a lot in a major key.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2021
So all Lydian modes have the same key signature as the major key a perfect fourth below them.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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