Major or Minor

Major Characteristics:

Order of tones and semitones:

T, T, S, T, T, T, S

Generally happy

Major Scale

Major Chord

Example of a composition in a major key

Minor Characteristics:

Order of tones and semitones:

T, S, T, T, S, T+*, S

*T+ = tone and a half/

3 semitones

Flattened 3rd
Flattened 6th
Raised 7th
Generally sad

Minor Scale

Minor Chord

Example of a composition in a minor key

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