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Musical scale comprising seven notes
major scale is a sequence of musical notes containing a major triad on the tonic. Most commonly, the term "major scale" refers to the natural major scale
Major_scale
Type of musical scale
pentatonic scale is a musical scale with five notes per octave, in contrast to heptatonic scales, which have seven notes per octave (such as the major scale and
Pentatonic_scale
Musical scale
harmonic major scale is major scale with a lowered sixth. Its upper tetrachord is the same as that of the harmonic minor scale. Harmonic major scales are commonly
Harmonic_major_scale
Any musical scale used in jazz
principles of chord-scale compatibility": the idea that a sequence of chords will generate a sequence of compatible scales. In classical major-mode harmony,
Jazz_scale
Class of music scales with seven notes
diatonic scale can also be obtained by using a chain of six perfect fifths. For instance, the seven natural pitch classes that form the C-major scale can be
Diatonic_scale
Major key and scale based on the note G
G major is a major scale based on G, with the pitches G, A, B, C, D, E, and F♯. Its key signature has one sharp. Its relative minor is E minor and its
G_major
Ascending or descending sequence of musical tones
a scale is called a scale step. The notes of a scale are numbered by their steps from the first degree of the scale. For example, in a C major scale the
Scale_(music)
Heptatonic music scale
The Hungarian major scale or the Lydian Dominant ♯2 scale is a heptatonic scale subset of the octatonic scale with an omitted ♭2 degree. It has the following
Hungarian_major_scale
Major scale based on E♭
E-flat major is a major scale based on the note E♭, consisting of the pitches E♭, F, G, A♭, B♭, C, and D. Its key signature has three flats. Its relative
E-flat_major
Fifth mode of the harmonic minor scale
the Phrygian dominant scale also known as Phrygian ♮3 or Double Harmonic Major ♭7 is the fifth mode of the harmonic minor scale, the fifth being the dominant
Phrygian_dominant_scale
Musical scale
The Romanian major scale also known as the Lydian Dominant ♭2 scale is a heptatonic scale subset of the octatonic scale with an omitted ♭3 degree. It is
Romanian_major_scale
musical scales and modes. Degrees are relative to the major scale. Bebop scale Chord-scale system Flamenco mode Heptatonic scale Hexany Jazz scale List of
List of musical scales and modes
List_of_musical_scales_and_modes
Music scale based on B♭
B-flat major is a major scale based on B♭, with pitches B♭, C, D, E♭, F, G, and A. Its key signature has two flats. Its relative minor is G minor and its
B-flat_major
Major key and scale based on the note A
A major is a major scale based on A, with the pitches A, B, C♯, D, E, F♯, and G♯. Its key signature has three sharps. Its relative minor is F-sharp minor
A_major
Scale obtained by sharpening the second and third degrees of the locrian mode
In music, the major Locrian scale, also called the Locrian major scale, or the Aeolian Dominant ♭5 scale is a scale obtained by sharpening the second
Major_Locrian_scale
Major scale based on A♭
A-flat major is a major scale based on A♭, with the pitches A♭, B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, and G. Its key signature has four flats. The A-flat major scale is: The
A-flat_major
Major scale based on D♭
major is a major scale based on D♭, consisting of the pitches D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭ and C. Its key signature has five flats. The D-flat major scale is:
D-flat_major
Triad of scale patterns in music theory
A–B–C–D–E–F–G. Because this A minor scale shares a key signature with the C major scale, the two are considered relatives. The major scale sits a third above its relative
Minor_scale
Major scale based on G♭
G-flat major is a major scale based on G♭, consisting of the pitches G♭, A♭, B♭, C♭, D♭, E♭, and F. Its key signature has six flats. Its relative minor
G-flat_major
Major key and scale based on the note D
D major is a major scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F♯, G, A, B, and C♯. Its key signature has two sharps. Its relative minor is B minor
D_major
Musical scale with unusual steps
double harmonic major scale also known as Ionian (eye-oh-knee-an) ♭2 ♭6 is a musical scale with a flattened second and sixth degree. This scale is enharmonic
Double_harmonic_scale
Position of a musical note on a scale relative to the tonic
instance, the 7-tone diatonic scale may become the major scale once the proper degree has been chosen as tonic (e.g. the C-major scale C–D–E–F–G–A–B, in which
Degree_(music)
Set of musical alterations
intervals produces a major scale: whole step, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half. Starting on C, this yields C–D–E–F–G–A–B–C (a C-major scale). There are no
Key_signature
Major scale based on F-sharp
F-sharp major is a major scale based on F♯, consisting of the pitches F♯, G♯, A♯, B, C♯, D♯, and E♯. Its key signature has six sharps. Its relative minor
F-sharp_major
Type of musical scale and characteristic behaviors
described as a type of musical scale coupled with a set of characteristic melodic and harmonic behaviors. It is applied to major and minor keys as well as
Mode_(music)
Major and minor scales with same key signature
In music theory, relative keys are the major and minor scales that have the same key signatures (enharmonically equivalent), meaning that they share all
Relative_key
Musical scale
scale (or Aeolian ♮7 scale) is a musical scale derived from the natural minor scale, with the minor seventh degree raised by one semitone to a major seventh
Harmonic_minor_scale
Musical Scale
In music, the major Neapolitan scale and the minor Neapolitan scale are two musical scales. Both scales are minor, in that they both contain a minor third
Neapolitan_scale
Musical scales
existing scale, notably the flat fifth addition to the minor pentatonic scale or the addition of the minor third to a major pentatonic scale. However
Blues_scale
Use of Roman Numeral symbols in the musical analysis of chords
diminished, a further distinguishment is thought unneeded, see table for Major Diatonic scale below) Roman numerals can be used to notate and analyze the harmonic
Roman_numeral_analysis
Musical scale with seven pitches
heptatonic scale is a musical scale that has seven pitches, or tones, per octave. Examples include: the diatonic scale; including the major scale and its
Heptatonic_scale
Major scale based on B
B major is a major scale based on B. The pitches B, C♯, D♯, E, F♯, G♯, and A♯ are all part of the B major scale. Its key signature has five sharps. Its
B_major
Seven-tone musical scale
of the major scale in modern music, the Lydian mode is often described as the scale that begins on the fourth scale degree of the major scale, or alternatively
Lydian_mode
Major scale based on C
C major is a major scale based on C, consisting of the pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. C major is one of the most common keys used in music. Its key
C_major
Major key and scale based on E
E major is a major scale based on E, consisting of the pitches E, F♯, G♯, A, B, C♯, and D♯. Its key signature has four sharps. Its relative minor is C-sharp
E_major
Most common pitches in a piece of music
which can create a major or minor musical scale beginning with the tonic pitch. Music in a given key will use the pitches from this scale (called diatonic
Key_(music)
Musical scale and key signature
C-sharp major is a major scale based on C♯, consisting of the pitches C♯, D♯, E♯, F♯, G♯, A♯, and B♯. Its key signature has seven sharps. Its relative
C-sharp_major
Seventh mode of the melodic minor scale
jazz, the altered scale, altered dominant scale, or super-Locrian scale (Locrian ♭4 scale) is a seven-note scale that is a dominant scale where all non-essential
Altered_scale
Major key and scale based on the note F
F major is a major scale based on F, with the pitches F, G, A, B♭, C, D, and E. Its key signature has one flat. Its relative minor is D minor and its parallel
F_major
Fifth mode of the melodic minor scale
scale (Aeolian ♮3 scale), Mixolydian ♭6 scale, descending melodic major scale, or Hindu scale is the fifth mode of the ascending melodic minor scale.
Aeolian_dominant_scale
Ascending form of the melodic minor scale
of music as well. It may be derived from the major scale with a minor third, making it a synthetic scale, and features a dominant seventh chord on the
Jazz_minor_scale
Major scale based on C-flat
C-flat major is a major scale based on C♭, consisting of the pitches C♭, D♭, E♭, F♭, G♭, A♭, and B♭. Its key signature has seven flats. Its relative minor
C-flat_major
Scale in jazz terminology
bebop major scale: for instance, the C bebop harmonic minor scale has the same pitches as the E♭ bebop major scale. The seventh flat 5 diminished scale (which
Bebop_scale
Musical scale containing no semitones
anhemitonic yo scale is contrasted with the hemitonic in scale. The simplest and most commonly used scale in the world is the atritonic anhemitonic "major" pentatonic
Anhemitonic_scale
Diatonic scale tuning sequence proposed by Ptolemy
scale, also known as the Ptolemaic sequence, justly tuned major scale, Ptolemy's tense diatonic scale, or the syntonous (or syntonic) diatonic scale,
Ptolemy's intense diatonic scale
Ptolemy's_intense_diatonic_scale
Musical scale
Tones and Semitones (and of the so-called Major-Minor Scale)) from c. 1879, which preceded Vito Frazzi's Scale alternate per pianoforte of 1930 by 50 years
Octatonic_scale
Musical concepts
In Western music, the adjectives major and minor may describe an interval, chord, scale, or key. A composition, movement, section, or phrase may also be
Major_and_minor
Fourth mode of the melodic minor scale
melodic minor scale. This differs from the major scale in having an augmented fourth and a minor seventh scale degree. The term "acoustic scale" is sometimes
Acoustic_scale
Major scale based on F-flat
necessary. The F-flat harmonic major and melodic major scales are: The scale-degree chords of F-flat major are: Tonic – F-flat major Supertonic – G-flat minor
F-flat_major
Major key signature
as necessary. The G-sharp harmonic major and melodic major scales are: Although the enharmonic key of A-flat major is preferred because it has only four
G-sharp_major
Extremely large-scale construction and investment project
A megaproject is an extremely large-scale investment project. A more general definition is "Megaprojects are temporary endeavours (i.e. projects) characterised
Megaproject
Scale with six pitches
hexatonic scale is a scale with six pitches or notes per octave. Famous examples include the whole-tone scale, C D E F♯ G♯ A♯ C; the augmented scale, C D♯
Hexatonic_scale
Musical pitch reference system
do, where the syllables are assigned to scale degrees, with "do" always the first degree of the major scale. Look up solfège or solfeggio in Wiktionary
Solfège
Set of notes played on a guitar
natural notes constitute the C major scale, (C, D, E, F, G, A, B, and C). The intervals between the notes of a chromatic scale are listed in a table, in which
Guitar_chord
Musical interval
second, to the third, to the sixth, and to the seventh scale degrees of a major scale are called "major". Diminished and augmented thirds are shown on the
Major_third
Musical mode
"excerpt" of a major scale played from the pitch a whole tone above the major scale's tonic, i.e., a major scale played from its second scale degree up to
Dorian_mode
Musical mode
Mixolydian scale is the fifth mode of the major scale. That is, it can be constructed by starting on the fifth scale degree (the dominant) of the major scale. Because
Mixolydian_mode
Musical scale and mode
degree, and a Lydian ♭3 ♭7 scale is notated relative to the major scale as: 1, 2, ♭3, ♯4, 5, 6, ♭7, 8 Although this scale has been used in the music of
Ukrainian_Dorian_scale
Major and minor scales with same tonic
In music theory, a major scale and a minor scale that have the same starting note (tonic) are called parallel keys and are said to be in a parallel relationship
Parallel_key
Musical chord
often built on the fifth scale degree (or dominant) of a key. For instance, in the C major scale, G is the fifth note of the scale, and the seventh chord
Dominant_seventh_chord
Musical mode
Ionian mode is a musical mode or, in modern usage, a diatonic scale also called the major scale. It is named after the Ionian Greeks. It is the name assigned
Ionian_mode
Explosives detonation test in 1985
not expected to get bigger than Minor Scale", and in particular, "There are no plans for a test called Major Scale". High explosive nuclear effects testing
Minor_Scale
Difference in pitch between two notes
two adjacent notes in a chromatic scale, a whole tone is an interval spanning two semitones (for example, a major second), and a tritone is an interval
Interval_(music)
Chordal accompaniment to a line or melody
tones within the scale building the rest of a chord. For example, using an Ionian (major scale) the root note would become the I major chord, the second
Harmonization
Superfamily of insects
Scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha. Of dramatically variable appearance and extreme sexual dimorphism, they
Scale_insect
Musical interval
such as the major second and the diminished third, are also called tones, whole tones, or whole steps. In a major scale, there are major seconds between
Major_second
Succession of musical chords
diatonic harmonization of any major scale results in three major triads, which are based on the first, fourth, and fifth scale degrees. The triads are referred
Chord_progression
Percussion-stringed instrument
courses, so that instead of a D-major scale one would have a G-major scale, and so on. This transposes one equally tempered scale to another. Shifting down
Hammered_dulcimer
Acronym for rainbow colors
added orange and indigo to match the number of musical notes in the major scale. The Munsell color system, the first formal color notation system (1905)
ROYGBIV
Chord having a root, a major third, and a perfect fifth
counterpart. In just intonation, a major chord is tuned to the frequency ratio 4:5:6. The just major scale contains major triads at I, IV, and V. In equal
Major_chord
Scales to describe earthquake strength
magnitude scales are used to describe the overall strength or "size" of an earthquake. These are distinguished from seismic intensity scales that categorize
Seismic_magnitude_scales
Tradition of sacred choral music
musical scale because each syllable-shape combination other than mi is assigned to two distinct notes of the scale. For example, the C major scale would
Sacred_Harp
Tonal center of a diatonic scale
scales are named after their tonics: for instance, the tonic of the C major scale is the note C. In the movable do solfège system, the tonic note is sung
Tonic_(music)
Method of pairing compatible chords and scales
the lydian scale, while teachers including John Mehegan, David Baker, and Mark Levine teach the major scale as the best match for a C major chord. Miles
Chord-scale_system
Vocal melodic pattern alternating between the fifth and third notes in a major scale
the fifth note (the dominant) and the third note (the mediant) in a major scale, typically starting on the fifth, in the rhythm of straight 8th-notes
Millennial_whoop
Buttonboard layout on accordions
bellows (root row, optional thirds row, optional minor thirds row). The major scale can be fingered without stretching the hand, playing in any key as r4
Stradella_bass_system
Musical chord
scale built upon the root when it functions as the dominant (i.e., the fifth degree) of some major diatonic scale. Take for example the C major scale
Seventh_chord
is not a member of the C major key. The note f (of the C major scale) is replaced by the note f♯ in the Lydian chromatic scale (Russell 2001, "The fundamental
List_of_fifth_intervals
Musical mode or scale
In music theory, the flamenco mode (also Major-Phrygian) is a harmonized mode or scale abstracted from its use in flamenco music. In other words, it is
Flamenco_mode
Scale for rating tornado intensity
The Fujita scale (F-Scale; /fuˈdʒiːtə/), or Fujita–Pearson scale (FPP scale), is a retired scale for rating tornado intensity, based primarily on the
Fujita_scale
Scale used in Japanese music
The iwato scale is a musical scale that is similar to the Locrian mode (spelled 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7), seventh mode of the major scale, different in that
Iwato_scale
Musical scale set of twelve pitches
In Western music, a chromatic scale (or twelve-tone scale) is a set of twelve pitches within an octave, where the interval between any two adjacent notes
Chromatic_scale
Type of musical scale
Hungarian minor scale, double harmonic minor scale,, Gypsy minor scale or the Harmonic minor ♯4 scale is a type of combined musical scale. It is the same
Hungarian_minor_scale
Musical interval
to the third, to the sixth, and to the seventh scale degrees (of a major scale) are called major. Major seventh (equal temperament) The file plays middle
Major_seventh
Measure of the strength of earthquakes
The Richter scale (/ˈrɪktər/), also called the Richter magnitude scale, Richter's magnitude scale, and the Gutenberg–Richter scale, is a measure of the
Richter_scale
Minor key and scale based on F
scale based on F, consisting of the pitches F, G, A♭, B♭, C, D♭, and E♭. Its key signature consists of four flats. Its relative major is A-flat major
F_minor
Musical instrument
full major scale available on the harmonica, using holes 4 through 7. The lower holes are designed around the tonic (C major) and dominant (G major) chords
Richter-tuned_harmonica
Musical scale commonly used in Japan
Japanese mode is a pentatonic musical scale commonly used in traditional Japanese music. The intervals of the scale are major second, minor third, perfect fifth
Japanese_mode
American data annotation company
March 2025, Scale AI reached a multimillion-dollar deal with the United States Department of Defense to develop the Thunderforge project, a "major step in
Scale_AI
Musical interval of 9 semitones
sixth, and to the seventh scale degrees (of a major scale are called major. A commonly cited example of a melody featuring the major sixth as its opening is
Major_sixth
American jazz pianist, composer, and theorist (1923–2009)
matching of scales with chords. While the conventional approach to the diatonic major scale is founded on the tones of the Ionian major scale in accordance
George_Russell_(composer)
Tonal degree of the diatonic scale
respectively. Typically, the leading tone refers to the seventh scale degree of a major scale (), a major seventh above the tonic. In the movable do solfège system
Leading_tone
Music scale which equally divides the octave
"bottom" (beginning) of the scale (mirror symmetry). Examples include the Neapolitan Major scale (fourth mode of the Major Locrian scale), the Javanese slendro
Symmetric_scale
Third mode of the melodic minor scale
H - The scale may be thought of as a major scale with an augmented fourth and fifth, or as the relative to the melodic minor ascending scale (C Lydian
Lydian_augmented_scale
Terms in music theory to characterize scales
"white note scale" C–D–E–F–G–A–B. In some usages it includes all forms of heptatonic scale that are in common use in Western music (the major, and all forms
Diatonic_and_chromatic
Chord borrowed from the parallel key
(minor or major scale with the same tonic). Borrowed chords are typically used as "color chords", providing harmonic variety through contrasting scale forms
Borrowed_chord
Music scale used in Middle Eastern compositions
The Persian scale also known as Double Harmonic Major ♭5 is a musical scale occasionally found in guitar scale books, along with other scales inspired by
Persian_scale
Musical tuning based on pure intervals
unison. Another major flaw of the Pythagorean tuning system are its badly mistuned major thirds. One solution is to build a scale around a major triad in just
Just_intonation
Musical mode
modern usage, a diatonic scale also called the natural minor scale. On the piano, using only the white keys, it is the scale that starts with A and continues
Aeolian_mode
Musical mode
may also be considered to be a scale beginning on the seventh scale degree of any Ionian, or modern natural major scale. The Locrian mode has the formula:
Locrian_mode
MAJOR SCALE
MAJOR SCALE
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Norman personal name Malg(i)er, Maug(i)er, composed of the Germanic elements madal ‘council’ + gÄr, gÄ“er ‘spear’. The surname is now also established in Ulster.Hungarian : from a shortened form of majorosgazda (see Majoros), or a derivative of German Meyer 1.Polish, Czech, and Slovak : from the military rank major (derived from Latin maior ‘greater’), a word related to English mayor and the German surname Meyer.Catalan and southern French (Occitan) : from major ‘major’ (Latin maior ‘greater’), denoting a prominent or important person or the first-born son of a family.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : variant of Meyer 2.
Boy/Male
Latin
Great.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Major 1.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Light; Shining
Boy/Male
Arthurian Legend
Accuser of Guinevere.
Boy/Male
Latin American
Greater. Also a military rank above Captain and below Colonel.
Boy/Male
American, Christian, Hindu, Indian, Latin, Punjabi, Sikh
Greater; Senior; An Office in the Army; Lord Kamdev's Another Name
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Major
Boy/Male
Muslim
Major, Eloquent, Learned, Vivid
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : variant spelling of Mayer 1.Spanish and Jewish (Sephardic) : nickname for an older man or a distinguishing epithet for the elder of two bearers of the same personal name, from Spanish mayor ‘older’ (Latin maior (natus), literally ‘greater (by birth)’).Spanish and Jewish (Sephardic) : occupational or status name, from major ‘governor’, ‘chief’.Catalan : variant spelling of Major.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Meyer 2.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Major, Eloquent, Learned, Vivid
Male
Arthurian
, (Sir), a Scotch knight.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, from the Norman French personal name Mauger, MAJOR means "work-spear."
Boy/Male
German, Hebrew, Latin, Portuguese
Greater; Bringer of Light; Farmer; Bright One
Boy/Male
Muslim
Major, Eloquent, Learned, Vivid
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Beautiful
Girl/Female
Australian, French
Pearl
Surname or Lastname
Jewish (Israeli)
Jewish (Israeli) : modern Hebrew name meaning ‘loom’.English : unexplained.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Major
Girl/Female
Indian
Major
MAJOR SCALE
MAJOR SCALE
Boy/Male
Persian
Born at night.
Girl/Female
American, British, English, Latin
Gives Pleasure
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Angel
Girl/Female
Muslim
Expressive, A young deer (Celebrity Name: Raveena Tandon)
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Battle.
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
One who can Traverse the Skies or Fly
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Lustrous Jewel
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Selvage.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Lord Rama
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Saraswati
MAJOR SCALE
MAJOR SCALE
MAJOR SCALE
MAJOR SCALE
MAJOR SCALE
a.
Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone.
n.
The office or rank of a major.
a.
Of greater dignity; more important.
a.
Major; in the major mode; as, C dur, that is, C major.
a.
That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference].
n.
The common dooryard plantain (Plantago major).
a.
Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory.
n.
The office of major.
n.
The major premise of a syllogism.
a.
A person of full age.
n.
The Greek major third, which comprehend two major tones (the modern major third contains one major and one minor whole tone).
a.
Of full legal age.
a.
A mayor.
n.
The military rank of a major.
a.
An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.
n.
The constellation Charles's Wain, or Ursa Major. See Ursa major, under Ursa.
n.
The constellation Ursa Major.
n.
The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city court of which the major is chief judge.
n.
The demesne lands of a manor; also, the manor itself.