diatonic
adjective
noting those scales that contain five whole tones and two semitones, as the major, minor, and certain modal scales.
diatonically
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a word derived from
diatonic.
Example Sentences
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Still later a sign for two steps was invented and when the progression was to be diatonically stepwise the strokes were thicker .
From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)
