DIATONIC


Meaning of DIATONIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌdī-ə-ˈtä-nik ]

adjective

Etymology: Late Latin diatonicus, from Greek diatonikos, from diatonos stretching, from diateinein to stretch out, from dia- + teinein to stretch — more at thin

Date: 1694

: of, relating to, or being a musical scale (as a major or minor scale) comprising intervals of five whole steps and two half steps

• dia·ton·i·cal·ly -ˈtä-ni-k(ə-)lē adverb

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