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Related Terms:
supertonic
tonic
diatonically
hypophrygian
second
semitone
major scale
atonality
flutina
pentatonic
pitch
tone
diatonicity
minor scale
melodeon
whole tone
sext
gradation
chromatic
chord progression
diatonism
natural minor scale
scale
coloration
septenary
achromatic
Definitions:
Adjective
diatonic
Definition: based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals
diatonic
Definition: based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of western music
Definition: Relating to or characteristic of a musical scale which contains seven pitches and a pattern of five whole tones and two semitones; particularly, of the major or natural minor scales.