The American History and Encyclopedia of Music Dictionary
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: April 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 604
ISBN-13: 9781417902002
Subjects: Music; Reference; Music / Reference; Music/Songbooks
First sentence: A 1. The sixth tone of the scale of C major, that is, of the scale which has C for the keynote or first degree and has the interval of a major third, two whole tones, between C and the third degree, namely E.