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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: diatonic
diatonic
adj 1: based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5
tones and 2 semitones without modulation by
accidentals [ant:
chromatic]
2: based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the
major or minor scales of Western music
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Diatonic
Diatonic
\Di`a*ton"ic\ (d[imac]`[.a]*t[o^]n"[i^]k), 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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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