diatonic
Meaning of diatonic
adjective
(of a scale, interval, etc.) involving only notes proper to the prevailing key without chromatic alteration.
early 17th century (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’.
Information about diatonic
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of diatonic is: diatonics.
- Languages in which diatonic is used:
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Hyphenation of diatonic
di-a-tonic
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- diatonic is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Anagrams of diatonic
Words that rhyme with diatonic
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