major triad
Americannoun
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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 major triad consists of the first note of the diatonic scale, or tonic; its third, and its fifth.
From Architecture and Democracy by Bragdon, Claude Fayette
The major triad C—E—G is an example of a consonant chord.
From Music Notation and Terminology by Gehrkens, Karl Wilson
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