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diatonic

[dahy-uh-ton-ik] / ˌdaɪ əˈtɒn ɪk /
ADJECTIVE
achromatic
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This having been violently attacked, his second work of this kind, "On the Principles of Musical Harmony Contained in the Diatonic Genus," was published in 1767.

From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)

Diatonic, dī-a-ton′ik, adj. proceeding by the tones and intervals of the natural scale in music.—adv.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

There are 8 recognizable notes in the Diatonic Hypolydian key of Alypius.

From Christian Hymns of the First Three Centuries by Messenger, Ruth Ellis

Diatonic flow, with tediously orthodox modulation, overburdened with conventional graces, describe these innumerable and indistinguishable productions.

From A Practical Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn-Singing by Bridges, Robert Seymour




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