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A musical key based upon a major scale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a key whose harmony is based on the major scale
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: major mode
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: key, tonality
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Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
大調 /大调
(dàdiào)
— music: a musical key based upon a major scale
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Finnish:
duuri
— music: a musical key based upon a major scale
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French:
mode majeur
— music: a musical key based upon a major scale
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French:
tonalité majeure
— music: a musical key based upon a major scale
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German:
Durtonart
— music: a musical key based upon a major scale
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German:
Dur
— music: a musical key based upon a major scale
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Hungarian:
dúr hangnem
— music: a musical key based upon a major scale
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Irish:
mórghléas
— music: a musical key based upon a major scale
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Japanese:
長調
(chōchō)
— music: a musical key based upon a major scale
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Korean:
장조
(jangjo)
— music: a musical key based upon a major scale
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Māori:
paeoro matua
— music: a musical key based upon a major scale
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Russian:
мажо́рная тона́льность
(mažórnaja tonálʹnostʹ)
— music: a musical key based upon a major scale
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Russian:
мажо́р
(mažór)
— music: a musical key based upon a major scale
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Swedish:
dur
— music: a musical key based upon a major scale
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Swedish:
durtonart
— music: a musical key based upon a major scale
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Welsh:
cywair llon
— music: a musical key based upon a major scale