major scale

/M EY1 JH ER0 S K EY1 L/
noun
  1. 1

    (music) One of the diatonic scales; a group of notes or musical pitches in a particular pattern, used to make melodies. The pattern for a major scale is: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone.

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