Definition of Diatonic
Di`a`ton´ic
Pronunciation:
dī`å`tǒn´ĭk
a.
1.
(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
.
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