Meanings
nounmajor key (plural major keys)
plural major keys
- entertainmentA musical key based upon a major scale.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 大調 /大调
- 大調 /大调 (dàdiào)music: a musical key based upon a major scale
Finnish duuri
- duurimusic: a musical key based upon a major scale
French mode majeur, tonalité majeure
- mode majeurmusic: a musical key based upon a major scale
- tonalité majeuremusic: a musical key based upon a major scale
German Durtonart, Dur
- Durtonartmusic: a musical key based upon a major scale
- Durmusic: a musical key based upon a major scale
Hungarian dúr hangnem
- dúr hangnemmusic: a musical key based upon a major scale
Irish mórghléas
- mórghléasmusic: a musical key based upon a major scale
Japanese 長調
- 長調 (chōchō)music: a musical key based upon a major scale
Korean 장조
- 장조 (jangjo)music: a musical key based upon a major scale
Māori paeoro matua
- paeoro matuamusic: a musical key based upon a major scale
Polish tonacja durowa
- tonacja durowamusic: a musical key based upon a major scale
Russian мажо́рная тона́льность, мажо́р
- мажо́рная тона́льность (mažórnaja tonálʹnostʹ)music: a musical key based upon a major scale
- мажо́р (mažór)music: a musical key based upon a major scale
Swedish dur, durtonart
- durmusic: a musical key based upon a major scale
- durtonartmusic: a musical key based upon a major scale
Welsh cywair llon
- cywair llonmusic: a musical key based upon a major scale
Cite this entry
APA
major key. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/major%20key
MLA
“major key.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/major%20key. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “major key,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/major%20key.
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