In SORT-MERGE/XL, the first key data item specified with the KEY command is considered the major key and is the first key used for sorting or merging operations.
A tonal center based on a major scale, which is a diatonic scale in which the half steps occur between the 3rd and 4th degrees, and the 7th and 8th degrees. Produces a happy uplifting mood.
Tonally, a key based on a major scale; a scale that contains the following step pattern: whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half; or uses the sol-fa tones of do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do.