major diatonic scale

1. 1.

   a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th

   Synonymsmajor scale

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Questions about major diatonic scale

What does major diatonic scale mean?

major diatonic scale means "a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th".

What is another word for major diatonic scale?

Close synonyms include major scale. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.