Meaning

1 senses
  1. A seven-note musical scale consisting of five tones and two diatonic semitones, formed by stacking six perfect fifths.

    Diatonik

    диатоническая гаммаdiatoničeskaja gamma

More definitions
  • a scale with eight notes in an octave; all but two are separated by whole tones

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Modern harps have a series of pedals that enable the performer to tune the instrument to any diatonic scale.

    deModerne Harfen haben eine Reihe Pedale, die es dem Spieler ermöglichen, das Instrument gemäß jeder diatonischen Tonleiter zu stimmen. — Fingerhut

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Forms

plural: diatonic scales
Singulardiatonic scale
Pluraldiatonic scales

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