Below you will find example sentences with "major scale". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Major Scale in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: scale
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 27.2 words

Words in this phrase

major scale

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • major can mean: Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest. Common word
  • scale can mean: A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

an a major scale followed by 2× host a major scale event such 1× in a major scale is one 1× in the major scale or the 1× in the major scale which is 1× its relative major scale but is 1× main the major scale or ionian 1× major scale main the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a natural minor 1× a tritone the 1× about this sound 1× as in western 1× audio examples about 1× by all accounts 1×

Common sentence endings:

a major scale 1× a minor scale 1× as the tonic 1× below the tonic 1× c major scale 1× in equal temperament 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

tonic 6× seventh 6× key 6× minor 5× degree 5× sharp 5× step 4× tone 4× natural 3× keys 3× semitone 3× signatures 3×

Related phrases

major league small scale major roads major hurricane major suit major general minor scale major parties major retailers major label

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around scale:

small scale 14× minor scale 10×

Just before it in the phrase index:

major roads major retailers major parties major metropolitan major league major label

Just after it in the phrase index:

major suit major themes major tourist majority leader majority vote makes sense

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

major league major roads major hurricane major suit major general major parties

Same ending:

small scale minor scale

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "major scale" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as an a major scale followed by, host a major scale event such, tonic, seventh and key stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with major league, small scale, major roads, small scale and minor scale, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with major scale

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

The major scale with one flat is F major. (9 words)

Major scale main The major scale or Ionian scale is one of the diatonic scales. (15 words)

That’s what I want to be able to teach people on a major scale. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Therefore, the seventh scale degree becomes a subtonic to the tonic because it is now a whole tone lower than the tonic, in contrast to the seventh degree in the major scale, which is a semitone tone lower than the tonic ( leading-tone ). (43 words)

A tritone (the interval of the fourth step to the seventh step of the major scale, i.e., F to B) sounds very dissonant alone, but less so within the context of a dominant seventh chord (G7 or D 7 in that example). (43 words)

The term leading tone is generally reserved for seventh degrees that are a half step (semitone) away from the tonic, as is the case in the major scale or the harmonic minor scale (and the melodic minor, ascending). (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

A natural minor scale has the same notes as its relative major scale, but is built starting from the sixth note of the relative major scale.

Major scale main The major scale or Ionian scale is one of the diatonic scales.

Taking any major scale, a new scale is obtained by taking a different degree of the major scale as the tonic.

Indeed, it is the only major scale that can be obtained using natural notes (the white keys on the piano keyboard) and is typically the first musical scale taught in music schools.

In other words, the third degree in a major scale is one semitone higher than in a minor scale.

The degrees of the natural minor scale have the same names as those of the major scale, except the seventh degree, which is known as the subtonic because it is a whole step below the tonic.

Therefore, the seventh scale degree becomes a subtonic to the tonic because it is now a whole tone lower than the tonic, in contrast to the seventh degree in the major scale, which is a semitone tone lower than the tonic ( leading-tone ).

The term leading tone is generally reserved for seventh degrees that are a half step (semitone) away from the tonic, as is the case in the major scale or the harmonic minor scale (and the melodic minor, ascending).

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About this sound Equal temperament ( help · info ) An A-major scale, followed by three major triads, and then a progression of fifths in equal temperament.

Audio examples About this sound Just intonation ( help · info ) An A-major scale, followed by three major triads, and then a progression of fifths in just intonation.

For example, the only sharp in the G major scale is F sharp, so the key signature associated with the G major key is the one-sharp key signature.

For instance, the perfect fifth A –E is chromatic to C major, because A and E are not contained in the C major scale.

Major scale structure Except for C major, key signatures appear in two varieties, "sharp key signatures" ("sharp keys") and "flat key signatures" ("flat keys"), so called because they contain only one or other.

The above-mentioned 56 intervals formed by the C-major scale are sometimes called diatonic to C major.

The major scale with one flat is F major.

The last time Cardiff saw flooding on a major scale was during December 1979, when a combination of water and snow came crashing down the Valleys to Cardiff.

That’s what I want to be able to teach people on a major scale.

By all accounts, Los Angeles, along with its Canadian and Mexican sister cities, would be a fine place to host a major scale event such as the World Cup.

As in Western solfege, there are names for the seven basic pitches of a major scale (Shadja, Rishabh, Gandhar, Madhyam, Pancham, Dhaivat and Nishad, usually shortened Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni).

A tritone (the interval of the fourth step to the seventh step of the major scale, i.e., F to B) sounds very dissonant alone, but less so within the context of a dominant seventh chord (G7 or D 7 in that example).

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