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diatonic

diatonic definition

diatonic


 
  Grep  of  noun  diatonic 
  diatonic  scale 
  major  diatonic  scale 
  minor  diatonic  scale 
 
  Overview  of  adj  diatonic 
 
  The  adj  diatonic  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  diatonic  --  ((music)  based  on  the  standard  major  or  minor  scales  consisting  of  5  tones  and  2  semitones  without  modulation  by  accidentals) 
  2.  diatonic  --  (based  on  or  using  the  five  tones  and  two  semitones  of  the  major  or  minor  scales  of  Western  music) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  diatonic 
 
  2  senses  of  diatonic 
 
  Sense  1 
  diatonic  (vs.  chromatic) 
 
  chromatic  (vs.  diatonic) 
 
  Sense  2 
  diatonic 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  tonal)  ->  atonal,  unkeyed 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  diatonic 
 
  2  senses  of  diatonic 
 
  Sense  1 
  diatonic  (vs.  chromatic) 
 
  Sense  2 
  diatonic 
  =>  tonal  (vs.  atonal) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  diatonic 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  diatonic 
 
  diatonic  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  diatonic 
  diatonic 
 
  Overview  of  adj  diatonic 
 
  The  adj  diatonic  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  diatonic  --  ((music)  based  on  the  standard  major  or  minor  scales  consisting  of  5  tones  and  2  semitones  without  modulation  by  accidentals) 
  2.  diatonic  --  (based  on  or  using  the  five  tones  and  two  semitones  of  the  major  or  minor  scales  of  Western  music) 



diatonic definition