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Word: Diatonic
Speech Type: Adjective
early 17th century (denoting a tetrachord divided into two tones and a lower semitone, or ancient Greek music based on this): from French diatonique, or via late Latin from Greek diatonikos ‘at intervals of a tone’, from dia ‘through’ + tonos ‘tone’
ˌdʌɪəˈtɒnɪk
(of a scale, interval, etc.) involving only notes proper to the prevailing key without chromatic alteration.
Short Definition:(of scale, interval, etc.) involving only notes proper to prevailing key without chromatic alteration
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