(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:00:17

Mag`gio"re (?), a. [It., from L. major, compar. of magnus great. See Major.] Mus.

Greater, in respect to scales, intervals, etc., when used in opposition to minor; major.

Moore (Encyc. of Music).

 

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