Definition of "c major"

noun
(music) the major scale having no sharps or flats


WikiPedia definition of "c major"

C major (often just C or key of C) is a musical major scale based on C, with pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. Its key signature has no flats/sharps. >>

C ♭ major is a major scale based on C ♭, consisting of the pitches C ♭, D ♭, E ♭, F ♭, G ♭, A ♭, and B ♭. Its key signature has seven flats—the enharmonically equivalent key ... >>

The simplest major scale to write or play on the piano is C major, the only major scale not to require sharps or flats, using only the white keys on the piano keyboard: C major scale ( ... >>

C ♯ major (or C-sharp major) is a major scale based on C ♯, consisting of the pitches C ♯, D ♯, E ♯, F ♯, G ♯, A ♯, and B ♯. Its key signature has seven sharps (see below: ... >>

C. major may refer to: Ceramornis major, an extinct bird species from the Late Cretaceous; Cettia major, the chestnut-crowned bush warbler, a warbler species found in South Asia >>

Two notable examples are Mahler 's Symphony No. 5 (though only the first movement is in C-sharp minor, and the finale is actually in D major [1]) and Prokofiev 's Symphony No. 7. >>

C_major_pentatonic_scale.svg ‎ (SVG file, nominally 610 × 47 pixels, file size: 29 KB) >>

Its relative major is E-flat major, and its parallel major is C major. Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. >>

The Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, was completed on March 9, 1785 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, four weeks after the completion of the previous D minor concerto. >>

The Cello Concerto No.1 in C Major, Hob. VIIb/1, by Joseph Haydn was composed around 1761 – 1765 for longtime friend Joseph Franz Weigl, then the principal cellist of Prince Nicolaus ... >>