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  1. major seventh: Collins English Dictionary
  2. major seventh: Wiktionary
  3. Major seventh: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. major seventh: The Folk File

Definitions from Wiktionary (major seventh)

noun:  (music) A musical interval in Western music that approximates a frequency ratio of 15/8. It is one semitone wider than a minor seventh. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it consists of eleven semitones, spans seven degrees of the diatonic scale, and is enharmonically equivalent to a diminished octave.

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