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"ref": "In the key of C Major, the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C form a major scale",
"text": "{c' d' e' f' g' a' b' c}"
}
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"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."
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"(music) 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."
],
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "diatonic scale",
"word": "大音階"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dàyīnjiē",
"sense": "diatonic scale",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "diatonic scale",
"word": "大調音階"
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"sense": "diatonic scale",
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"word": "dúr hangsor/skála"
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"sense": "diatonic scale",
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "diatonic scale",
"word": "āwhata matua"
},
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"lang": "Persian",
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"sense": "diatonic scale",
"word": "گام ماژور"
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"sense": "diatonic scale",
"tags": [
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"word": "gamă majoră"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "mažórnaja gámma",
"sense": "diatonic scale",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "мажо́рная га́мма"
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"sense": "diatonic scale",
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"word": "durova lestvica"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "diatonic scale",
"word": "majör gamı"
}
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"word": "major scale"
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"text": "{c' d' e' f' g' a' b' c}"
}
],
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"sense": "diatonic scale",
"word": "大音階"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dàyīnjiē",
"sense": "diatonic scale",
"word": "大音阶"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "diatonic scale",
"word": "大調音階"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "diatonic scale",
"word": "大调音阶"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "dàdiào yīnjiē",
"sense": "diatonic scale",
"word": "大调音階"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "diatonic scale",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "durová stupnice"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "diatonic scale",
"word": "duuriasteikko"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "diatonic scale",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gamme majeure"
},
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "diatonic scale",
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],
"word": "mode majeur"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "diatonic scale",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Dur"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "diatonic scale",
"word": "dúr hangsor/skála"
},
{
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chō onkai",
"sense": "diatonic scale",
"word": "長音階"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "diatonic scale",
"word": "āwhata matua"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "gâm-e mâžor",
"sense": "diatonic scale",
"word": "گام ماژور"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "diatonic scale",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gamă majoră"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mažórnaja gámma",
"sense": "diatonic scale",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мажо́рная га́мма"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "diatonic scale",
"tags": [
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"word": "durova lestvica"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "diatonic scale",
"word": "majör gamı"
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],
"word": "major scale"
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