diatonic

One entry found for diatonic.

Main Entry: dia·ton·ic
Pronunciation: "dI-&-'tä-nik
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin diatonicus, from Greek diatonikos, from diatonos stretching, from diateinein to stretch out, from dia- + teinein to stretch -- more at THIN
: of, relating to, or being a musical scale (as a major or minor scale) comprising intervals of five whole steps and two half steps
- dia·ton·i·cal·ly /-'tä-ni-k(&-)lE/ adverb