minor third, the major third is one of two commonly occurring thirds. It is qualified as major because it is the larger interval of the two: the major third...

names for major-thirds tuning include major-third tuning, M3 tuning, all-thirds tuning, and augmented tuning. By definition, a major-third interval separates...

strings are perfect fourths except for the major third (G,B). Standard tuning requires four chord-shapes for the major triads. There are separate chord-forms...

a major chord is a chord that has a root, a major third, and a perfect fifth. When a chord comprises only these three notes, it is called a major triad...

music, the septimal major third play, also called the supermajor third (by Hermann von Helmholtz among others), septimal supermajor third, and sometimes Bohlen–Pierce...

major third, a third spanning four semitones minor third, a third encompassing three half steps, or semitones neutral third, wider than a minor third...

A Picardy third, (/ˈpɪkərdi/; French: tierce picarde) also known as a Picardy cadence or Tierce de Picardie, is a major chord of the tonic at the end...

direction to the second, to the third, to the sixth, and to the seventh scale degrees of a major scale are called major. A major scale is a diatonic scale....

darker than a major chord". Major and minor may also refer to scales and chords that contain a major third or a minor third, respectively. A major scale is...

depends on the involvement of the irregular major-third. All-fourths tuning replaces the major third between the third and second strings with a fourth, extending...