Major second

Major second may refer to:

JI intervals

Many JI intervals are called "major seconds". However, the term usually refers to one of these three intervals:

• 10/9, the minor tone of about 182 cents.
• 8/7, the septimal major second of about 231 cents.
• 9/8, the major tone of about 204 cents.

Concepts

• Major second (interval region), an interval region centered around 200 cents
• Major second (diatonic interval category), the major variety of the interval spanning one step of the diatonic scale

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