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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Diatonic \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: diatonic adj 1: (music) based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals [ant: {chromatic}] 2: based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of Western music
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