Major And Minor
In Western music, the adjectives major and minor can describe a musical composition, movement, section, scale, key, chord, or interval.
Major and minor are frequently referred to in the titles of classical compositions, especially in reference to the key of a piece.
Read more about Major And Minor: Intervals and Chords, Keys, Scales and Chords, Intonation and Tuning, Advanced Theory
Famous quotes containing the words major and/or minor:
“The major men
That is different. They are characters beyond
Reality, composed thereof. They are
The fictive man created out of men.
They are men but artificial men.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
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—Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966)