major key

1. 1.

   a key whose harmony is based on the major scale

   Synonymsmajor mode

   Broaderkey

Questions about major key

What does major key mean?

major key means "a key whose harmony is based on the major scale".

What is another word for major key?

Close synonyms include major mode. 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.

Is major key a common word?

major key is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.