English Dictionary

major seventh

名詞

(music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of eleven semitones and spanning seven degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone wider than a minor seventh and enharmonically equivalent to a diminished octave.

日本語の意味

（音楽）長七度：西洋の十二律システムにおいて、十一半音から成る音程。ダイアトニック音階上で七つの度数をまたぎ、短七度より半音広く、減八度と同音異名の関係にある。

She resolved the chord by moving the major seventh down a semitone to create a more stable harmony.

彼女は和音を解決するために、長7度を半音下げてより安定したハーモニーを作った。

意味（1）

(music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of eleven semitones and spanning seven degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone wider than a minor seventh and enharmonically equivalent to a diminished octave.

The major seventh has a pitch ratio close to 17:9.

major sevenths （ plural ）