diatonic
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- adjective
- /ˌdaɪəˈtɒnɪk/
- Specialized
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diatónico
- The distinction between diatonic and chromatic harmony is not a real one in terms of the logic of music.
- diatonic scale
- diatonic melody
- diatonic harmonica
OK, this chart will give you more of a sense of this diatonic harmonic movement.
- OK, this chart will give you more of a sense of this diatonic harmonic movement.
- Then the next one is with your root position diatonic chords.
- The other thing I'll point out on the bottom of this page, again, these are all diatonic chords, bass maybe.
Examples
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Start by purchasing a diatonic harmonica in the key of C.
Academic text (2007) -
In the Dalcroze solfège class, the complete diatonic scale is used from the beginning, sung with fixed-do syllables.
Academic text (2011) -
Time is like a diatonic scale: it consists of major and minor seconds.
Academic text (2012) -
All of that is just diatonic triads, right?
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OK, this chart will give you more of a sense of this diatonic harmonic movement.
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The diatonic harmonica has ten tone holes, or windows, and each hole can produce two notes.
Academic text (2007) -
Our system of traditional music notation was built upon a scale consisting of seven diatonic tones per octave.
Academic text (1997) -
In time, students can advance to easy, four-part diatonic sight-reading (see figure 4 for an example).
Academic text (1998) -
We take them through diatonic melodies in major and minor keys with difficult leaps and, in time, chromatic and modulating melodies.
Academic text (2006) -
Western music is based on the diatonic scale (do re mi fa so la ti).
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A pattern of seven notes that makes the familiar major and minor sounds
- Specialized
A common eight-note pattern in Western music with small steps between third and fourth and seventh and eighth
- Specialized
A set of notes used in Western music that makes a piece sound sad
How Tonal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Diatonic comes from the Greek parts dia- meaning 'through' and tonos meaning 'tone', and you can see the idea in the English word tone. So diatonic music moves 'through the tones' of a standard major or minor scale, using the seven main notes without extra sharps or flats.