major diatonic scale

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun major diatonic scale has 1 sense

major diatonic scale(n = noun.communication) major scale - a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th;

is a kind of mode, musical mode

has particulars: c major, c major scale, scale of c major

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CIDE DICTIONARY

major diatonic scale, n.

The natural diatonic scale, which has semitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth notes, and whole tones between the other notes; the scale of the major mode, of which the third is major; also called major scale. See Scale, and Diatonic. [1913 Webster]