It is music aficionados who use the term 'dur' quite often as it is a German term that is used for a vigorous kind of music. The English term for the word is major and it is used as an adjective to describe a scale, key, chord and also interval.
The word 'dur' is often heard in the context of music because most of the times the particular musical terms for major and minor are used in differently in different languages. In German where we use 'dur' for major, you can find another word 'moll' that is used for minor. Given below are the terms that are used for major and minor respectively in different languages: French- Majeur-Mineur; Italian- Maggiore-Minore; Spanish- Mayor-Menor and Vietnamese- Truong-Thu.
The word 'dur' is often heard in the context of music because most of the times the particular musical terms for major and minor are used in differently in different languages. In German where we use 'dur' for major, you can find another word 'moll' that is used for minor. Given below are the terms that are used for major and minor respectively in different languages: French- Majeur-Mineur; Italian- Maggiore-Minore; Spanish- Mayor-Menor and Vietnamese- Truong-Thu.
