major diatonic scale


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Noun1.major diatonic scale - a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8thmajor diatonic scale - a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th
major scale
musical mode, mode - any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
C major, C major scale, scale of C major - (music) the major scale having no sharps or flats
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