Major scale definition

Major scale

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WordNet

(1) A diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th

WiktionaryText

One of the diatonic scales; a group of notes or musical pitches in a particular pattern, used to make melodies. The pattern for a major scale is:

tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone.

In the key of C Major, this produces a scale with the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C.