major triad

American  

noun

Music.

1. a triad consisting in root position of a root tone with a major third and a perfect fifth above.

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Example Sentences

One of the striking things about Harvey's later works is their hospitality to old-fashioned consonances, including the major triad.

From The Guardian • Dec. 5, 2012

The fine unison chorus at the end was as rousing as a latter-day Verdi's, and the pure major triad that sang out as the curtain fell was a real shocker.

From Time Magazine Archive

I took her place at the piano and played the Nocturne in a manner that silenced the chatter of the company both in and out of the room, involuntarily closing it with the major triad.

From The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by Johnson, James Weldon

The seed from which our modern wealth of harmony and tone colour sprang was the perfect major triad.

From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)

The major triad C—E—G is an example of a consonant chord.

From Music Notation and Terminology by Gehrkens, Karl Wilson