major scale
a scale consisting of a series of whole steps except for half steps between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth degrees.
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Origin of major scale
1- Also called major mode.
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How to use major scale in a sentence
The largest carbon capture plant is in Iceland, but projects like that one have yet to be implemented on a major scale.
Scientists are racing to save the Last Ice Area, an Arctic Noah’s Ark | Freda Kreier | November 15, 2021 | Science NewsOn lifting the fingers in successive order from the bottom end, we get the seven notes of the major scale.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerBelow is a table of musical nomenclatures, showing various relations between the notes of the major scale.
Physics | Willis Eugene TowerInspection will show that these three major triads comprise all of the tones of the major scale D being the octave of D.
Physics | Willis Eugene TowerTo illustrate the necessity for these additional notes take the major scale starting with B.
Physics | Willis Eugene Tower
In using the various notes as the keynote for a major scale, 72 different notes in the octave would be required.
Physics | Willis Eugene Tower
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