"major key" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: major keys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} major key (plural major keys)
  1. (music) A musical key based upon a major scale. Categories (topical): Music Related terms: in a major key, minor key, key signature Translations (music: a musical key based upon a major scale): 大調 (Chinese Mandarin), 大调 (dàdiào) (Chinese Mandarin), duuri (Finnish), mode majeur [masculine] (French), tonalité majeure [feminine] (French), Durtonart [feminine] (German), Dur [neuter] (German), dúr hangnem (Hungarian), mórghléas [masculine] (Irish), 長調 (chōchō) (alt: ちょうちょう) (Japanese), paeoro matua (Maori), мажо́рная тона́льность (mažórnaja tonálʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), мажо́р (mažór) [masculine] (Russian), dur (Swedish), durtonart [common-gender] (Swedish)

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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "sense": "music: a musical key based upon a major scale",
      "word": "dur"
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