DIATONICALLY

Etymology

Adverb

diatonically (not comparable)

In a diatonic manner.

Source: Wiktionary


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

Definition: In a diatonic manner.

DIATONIC

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

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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