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Diatonic
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What's The Definition Of Diatonic?
[adj] (music) based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals
[adj] based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of Western music Synonyms | Synonyms for Diatonic: tonal Related Terms | Find terms related to Diatonic: See Also | Diatonic In Webster's Dictionary \Di`a*ton"ic\, a. [L. diatonicus, diatonus, Gr. ?, ?,
fr. ? to stretch out; dia` through + ? to stretch: cf. F.
diatonique. See {Tone}.] (Mus.)
Pertaining to the scale of eight tones, the eighth of which
is the octave of the first.
{Diatonic scale} (Mus.), a scale consisting of eight sounds
with seven intervals, of which two are semitones and five
are whole tones; a modern major or minor scale, as
distinguished from the {chromatic} scale.
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