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diatonic

(Greek: "thru tones")
[John Chalmers, Divisions of the Tetrachord]

An adjective referring to a scale composed of five tones and two semitones, such as the pythagorean diatonic or the familiar 12-tone version.

(Chalmers's second example is also referred to as a '7oo12' or '7-out-of-12' scale.)

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[Joe Monzo]

"Diatonic" is an adjective used to refer to three different musical concepts:

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