major scale

diatonic scale that has semitones between the degrees III-IV. and VII-VIII.
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major scale

Summary

major scale ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (510 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • major scale's subclass of is recorded as scale[2].
  • major scale's part of is recorded as major and minor[3].
  • major scale's Commons category is recorded as Major musical scales[4].
  • major scale's said to be the same as is recorded as ionian mode[5].
  • major scale's said to be the same as is recorded as Saptak[6].
  • major scale's opposite of is recorded as minor scale[7].
  • major scale's has part is recorded as perfect prime[8].
  • major scale's has part is recorded as major second[9].
  • major scale's has part is recorded as major third[10].
  • major scale's has part is recorded as perfect fourth[11].
  • major scale's has part is recorded as perfect fifth[12].
  • major scale's has part is recorded as major sixth[13].
  • major scale's has part is recorded as major seventh[14].
  • major scale's has part is recorded as octave[15].
  • major scale's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/056vc[16].
  • major scale's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Major scales[17].
  • major scale's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[18].
  • major scale's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[19].
  • major scale's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[20].
  • major scale's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/major-scale[21].
  • major scale's has characteristic is recorded as major mode[22].
  • major scale's BBC Things ID is recorded as 61f4e4af-70af-4f89-af53-88dc661d1fe7[23].
  • major scale's different from is recorded as major mode[24].
  • major scale's different from is recorded as major[25].
  • major scale's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00052883n[26].

Why It Matters

major scale ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (510 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  15. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  22. [23] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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