What does "major scale" mean?

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.

Major scale

Q: What is a synonym for "major scale"?

Common synonyms include: compass, diapason, diatonic, diatonic major scale, gamut, instructional scale.

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Noun

1
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.
"{c' d' e' f' g' a' b' c}"
2
a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th wordnet

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compass diapason diatonic diatonic major scale gamut instructional scale

Antonyms

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minor minor scale non diatonic

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