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

Relative Major in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 3
  • Discovered as a combination around: relative
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 4
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 34 words

Words in this phrase

relative major

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • relative can mean: Connected to or depending on something else; comparative. Frequent word
  • major can mean: Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest. Common word

Sentence profile

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

Usage patterns

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

as its relative major scale but 1× in the relative major or minor 1× of the relative major or minor 1× of the relative major scale 1× to the relative major by means 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a natural minor 1× following this an 1× in the fugues 1×

Common sentence endings:

a tonal answer 1× at the fourth 1× relative major scale 1×

Context words

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

minor 3× scale 3× entry 2× natural 1× same 1× notes 1× built 1× starting 1× sixth 1× note 1× fugues 1× bach 1×

Related phrases

major league major roads major hurricane major suit major general major scale major parties major retailers relative strength major label

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around relative:

relative humidity 4× relative value 4×

Just before it in the phrase index:

relative humidity relational database related matters reiterated neutral reiterated market reiterated buy

Just after it in the phrase index:

relative strength relative value relatively easy relatively few relatively high relatively low

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

relative strength relative humidity relative value

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "relative major" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 34 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as as its relative major scale but, in the relative major or minor, minor, scale and entry stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with major league, major roads, major hurricane, relative humidity and relative value, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with relative major

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

Short example sentences

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. (26 words)

Following this an episode modulates from the tonic to the relative major by means of sequence, in the form of an accompanied canon at the fourth. (26 words)

In the fugues of J. S. Bach, the first middle-entry occurs most often in the relative major or minor of the work's overall key, and is followed by an entry in the dominant of the relative major or minor when the fugue's subject requires a tonal answer. (50 words)

Longer example sentences

In the fugues of J. S. Bach, the first middle-entry occurs most often in the relative major or minor of the work's overall key, and is followed by an entry in the dominant of the relative major or minor when the fugue's subject requires a tonal answer. (50 words)

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. (26 words)

Following this an episode modulates from the tonic to the relative major by means of sequence, in the form of an accompanied canon at the fourth. (26 words)

Example sentences (3)

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.

In the fugues of J. S. Bach, the first middle-entry occurs most often in the relative major or minor of the work's overall key, and is followed by an entry in the dominant of the relative major or minor when the fugue's subject requires a tonal answer.

Following this an episode modulates from the tonic to the relative major by means of sequence, in the form of an accompanied canon at the fourth.