1) French word used in English 2) Kind of scale 3) Like a certain musical scale 4) Relative of chromatic
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• (a.) Pertaining to the scale of eight tones, the eighth of which is the octave of the first.
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in music, any stepwise arrangement of the seven `natural` pitches (scale degrees) forming an octave without altering the established pattern of a key ... [3 related articles]
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The seven note major and minor scale system
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Pertaining to the scale of eight tones, the eighth of which is the octave of the first. Diatonic scale, 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. ... Origin: L. Diatonicus, diatonus, Gr, fr. To stretch out; t...
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Di`a·ton'ic (dī`ȧ*tŏn'ĭk)
adjective [ Latin
diatonicus ,
diatonus , Greek ..., ..., from ... to stretch out;
dia` through + ... to stretch: confer French
diatonique . See
Tone .]
(Mus.) Pertaining to the scale of eight tones, t...
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In music, the term diatonic was originally applied by the Greeks to one of their three genera of music. In modern music it is applied to the natural scale, and to the intervals, chorda, melodies, or harmony characteristic of it. A diatonic chord is a chord having no note chromatically altered. A diatonic interval is an interval formed by two notes ...
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adj] - based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of Western music 2. [adj] - (music) based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals
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diatonic 1. The name of that genus or scale of ancient Greek music in which the interval of a tone was used, the tetrachord being divided into two whole tones and a semitone (as in each half of the modern diatonic scale). 2. In modern music, denoting the scale which in any key proceeds by the notes proper to that key without chromatic alteration; ...
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The contrary of 'chromatic'. Said of melody or harmony using only the unaltered major (or sometimes minor) scale.
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The (Western) standard seven-tone scale
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adjective based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of Western music
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melody or harmony confined to the tones of the scale; the opposite of chromatic.
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noting those scales that contain five whole tones and two semitones, as the major, minor, and certain modal scales. · of or pertaining to the tones, intervals, or harmonies of such scales.
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