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Diatonic   /dˌaɪətˈɑnɪk/   Listen
Diatonic

adjective
1.
Based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals.
2.
Based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of western music.



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"Diatonic" Quotes from Famous Books



... violin is the logical outcome of the appliance of the bow to those progenitors of the pianoforte, the Greek monochord and lyre, precisely as our music is the outgrowth of the diatonic scale developed by the Greeks from those instruments. Numerous obstacles stand in the way of defining its story, but it is known that from the ninth century to the thirteenth bow instruments gained in importance. They divided into two classes—the viol proper, ...
— For Every Music Lover - A Series of Practical Essays on Music • Aubertine Woodward Moore

... given him their plaudits. In his proclamation of the principles of musical composition as applied to the drama he has proclaimed principles as old as opera. It needed no man who has outlived the diatonic scale to tell us that vocal music should be written in accordance with the rhythm and accents of the words, and that dramatic music should be an integral element of the drama, or, as he puts it, be "the atmosphere through which dramatic emotion radiates." ...
— Chapters of Opera • Henry Edward Krehbiel

... N. melody, rhythm, measure; rhyme &c (poetry) 597. pitch, timbre, intonation, tone. scale, gamut; diapason; diatonic chromatic scale^, enharmonic scale^; key, clef, chords. modulation, temperament, syncope, syncopation, preparation, suspension, resolution. staff, stave, line, space, brace; bar, rest; appoggiato^, appoggiatura^; acciaccatura^. note, musical ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

... phonographed tunes of some of the Red Indians of North America. Here a reference must be made to the scale of the Scotch bagpipe, a highly artificial product, without historical materials available to assist in unravelling its development. It comprises a whole diatonic series of notes, and ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, v. 13 • Various



Words linked to "Diatonic" :   diatonic scale, chromatic, music, tonal



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