diatonic
What is another word for diatonic? Here is its meaning, with related words and examples.
Adj — Describing a musical scale made up of seven notes arranged in a set pattern of tones and semitones, as in a major or minor scale.
Antonyms
chromatic
Etymology
From French diatonique or Late Latin diatonicus, ultimately from Ancient Greek διατονικός (diatonikós), in the phrase [γένος (génos, “type, genus”)] διατονικός (diatonikós) (in reference to the diatonic tetrachord, and in contrast to the chromatic and enharmonic tetrachords), from διάτονος (diátonos) (διά (diá) + τόνος...
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