MAJOR KEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does major key mean? 

• MAJOR KEY (noun)
  The noun MAJOR KEY has 1 sense:

1. a key whose harmony is based on the major scale

  Familiarity information: MAJOR KEY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAJOR KEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A key whose harmony is based on the major scale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

major key; major mode

Hypernyms ("major key" is a kind of...):

key; tonality (any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music)