relative major

noun

, Music.

1. the major key whose tonic is the third degree of a given minor key.

Word History and Origins

Origin of relative major¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

It is as though the term 'dominant' when applied to a Minor key were made to mean the dominant of the relative Major key.

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A new subject in the relative major is treated in imitative fashion.

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The second subject, in the orthodox relative major, is evolved from the principal theme.

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In a minor movement the second subject is found more often in the relative major than in the dominant minor.

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Major; Minor: Major and Minor keys having the same signature should be called relative major and minor.

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