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MAJOR DIATONIC SCALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does major diatonic scale mean? 

MAJOR DIATONIC SCALE (noun)
  The noun MAJOR DIATONIC SCALE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MAJOR DIATONIC SCALE used as a noun is very rare.


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MAJOR DIATONIC SCALE (noun)


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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

major diatonic scale; major scale

Hypernyms ("major diatonic scale" is a kind of...):

mode; musical mode (any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "major diatonic scale"):

C major; C major scale; scale of C major ((music) the major scale having no sharps or flats)


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