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relative major
noun
, Music.
- the major key whose tonic is the third degree of a given minor key.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of relative major1
First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences
It is as though the term 'dominant' when applied to a Minor key were made to mean the dominant of the relative Major key.
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A new subject in the relative major is treated in imitative fashion.
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The second subject, in the orthodox relative major, is evolved from the principal theme.
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In a minor movement the second subject is found more often in the relative major than in the dominant minor.
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Major; Minor: Major and Minor keys having the same signature should be called relative major and minor.
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