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Definitions for: 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
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: tonal
Antonyms: chromatic
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