major scale

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsmajor diatonic scale

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Questions about major scale

What does major scale mean?

major 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 scale?

Close synonyms include major diatonic 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.