Major scale (Western music)

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:music
gptkbp:contrastsWith minor scale
gptkbp:dominantIn fifth degree
gptkbp:example F major
C major
G major
gptkbp:hasAccidentals varies by key
gptkbp:hasCircleOfFifthsPosition varies by key
gptkbp:hasCommonTonic G
C
F
gptkbp:hasDiatonicChords yes
gptkbp:hasEmotionalAssociation happy
bright
uplifting
gptkbp:hasEnharmonicEquivalents yes
gptkbp:hasKeySignatures yes
gptkbp:hasLeadingTone seventh degree
gptkbp:hasMediant third degree
gptkbp:hasModes yes
gptkbp:hasOctaveRepetition yes
gptkbp:hasScaleDegrees 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
gptkbp:hasSharpsOrFlats varies by key
gptkbp:hasSolfegeSyllables do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti
gptkbp:hasStepPattern whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half
gptkbp:hasSubdominant fourth degree
gptkbp:hasSubmediant sixth degree
gptkbp:hasSupertonic second degree
gptkbp:hasTonic first degree
gptkbp:hasTranspositions 12 (one for each chromatic pitch)
gptkbp:historicalName medieval church modes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Major scale (Western music)
gptkbp:intervals W-W-H-W-W-W-H
gptkbp:mode gptkb:Ionian_mode
gptkbp:numberOfNotes 7
gptkbp:parallelTo parallel minor scale
gptkbp:relative natural minor scale
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:music
harmony
chord construction
gptkbp:usedIn blues
classical music
film score
folk
jazz
rock music
pop music
Western music
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Shankarabharanam
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5