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diatonic

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DIATONIC

a.[Gr. , by or through, sound. ] Ascending or descending, as in sound, or from sound to sound. This epithet is given to a scale or gammut, to intervals of a certain kind, or to music composed of these intervals; as a diatonic series; a diatonic interval; diatonic melody or harmony. It is applied to ordinary music, containing only the two greater and lesser tones, and the greater semitone.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DIATONIC

Di `a *ton "ic, a. Etym: [L. diatonicus, diatonus, Gr. diatonique. See Tone. ] (Mus. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

DIATONICALLY

DIATONICALLY Di `a *ton "ic *al *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a diatonic manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

diatonic

di a ton ic |ˌdīəˈtänik ˈˌdaɪəˈtɑnɪk | ▶adjective Music (of a scale, interval, etc. ) involving only notes proper to the prevailing key without chromatic alteration. • (of a melody or harmony ) constructed from such a scale. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (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. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

diatonic

diatonic |ˌdʌɪəˈtɒnɪk | ▶adjective Music (of a scale, interval, etc. ) involving only notes proper to the prevailing key without chromatic alteration. • (of a melody or harmony ) constructed from a diatonic scale. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (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 ’.

 

Spanish Dictionary

diatónico, -ca

diatónico, -ca adjetivo mús [escala, sistema musical ] Que procede por la alternancia de tonos y semitonos naturales .ANTÓNIMO cromático .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

diatonic

di a ton ic /dà (ɪ )ətɑ́nɪk |-tɔ́n -/形容詞 〘楽 〙全音階の .