"A major" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} A major (uncountable)
  1. (music) The major key with A as its tonic, with the notes A, B, C♯, D, E, F♯, and G♯, the key signature of which has three sharps. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Music Translations (major key): A-majeur (Dutch), A-groot (Dutch), A-duuri (Finnish), la majeur (French), A-dur (German), לה מג'ור (english: la major) (Hebrew), A-dúr (Hungarian), A-dúr [masculine] (Icelandic), la maggiore (Italian), イ長調 (i chōchō) (Japanese), 가장조 (gajangjo) (Korean), la major (Romanian), ля мажо́р (lja mažór) [masculine] (Russian), la mayor [masculine] (Spanish), A-dur (Swedish)
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  2. (music) The major chord with a root of A. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Music Translations (major chord): A-majeur (Dutch), A-groot (Dutch), Λα μείζονα (taxonomic: La meízona) (Greek), Λα ματζόρε (taxonomic: La matzóre) (Greek), A-dúr (Hungarian), la mayor [masculine] (Spanish)
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "major key",
      "word": "la major"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lja mažór",
      "sense": "major key",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ля мажо́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "major key",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "la mayor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "major key",
      "word": "A-dur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "major chord",
      "word": "A-majeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "major chord",
      "word": "A-groot"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "sense": "major chord",
      "taxonomic": "La meízona",
      "word": "Λα μείζονα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "sense": "major chord",
      "taxonomic": "La matzóre",
      "word": "Λα ματζόρε"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "major chord",
      "word": "A-dúr"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "major chord",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "la mayor"
    }
  ],
  "word": "A major"
}

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