major mode

How to use major mode in a sentence

• Or the scales may differ as the major mode differs from the Minor, namely in the order in which the intervals follow each other.

  The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning Monro

• The major mode is that of keys in which the tonic triad and the two other cardinal triads are major.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 1 | Various

• A composition based on this scale is said to be written in the major mode, or in a major key.

  Music Notation and Terminology | Karl W. Gehrkens

• The exposition has a first subject of two extended members, the second in the major mode.

  Nicolo Paganini: His Life and Work | Stephen Samuel Stratton