major key

English

Noun

major key (plural major keys)

1. (music) A musical key based upon a major scale.

Related terms

• in a major key
• minor key

Translations

music: a musical key based upon a major scale

Chinese: Mandarin: 大調 / 大调 (zh) (dàdiào) Finnish: duuri (fi) French: mode majeur m, tonalité majeure f German: Durtonart f, Dur (de) n Hungarian: dúr hangnem Irish: mórghléas m Japanese: 長調 (ja) (ちょうちょう, chōchō) Korean: 장조(長調) (ko) (jangjo) Maori: paeoro matua Russian: мажо́рная тона́льность f (mažórnaja tonálʹnostʹ), мажо́р (ru) m (mažór) Swedish: dur (sv), durtonart (sv) c

See also

• key signature