C major

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C major - (music) the major scale having no sharps or flats

major diatonic scale, major scale - a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th

music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

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C-Dur

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This is followed by a "summary" in which hands play together the intervals of 5th-6th-5th-6th-5th (in C Major) G A G G G C C C B C

Example: (chanting) C's the root of C Major C's the root of C Minor C's the 3rd of Ab Major C's the 3rd of A Minor C's the 5th of F Major C's the 5th of F Minor (back to C)