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)
• Maori: paeoro matua
• Russian: мажо́рная тона́льность f (mažórnaja tonálʹnostʹ), мажо́р (ru) m (mažór)
• Swedish: dur (sv), durtonart (sv) c

See also

• key signature