Diatonic

adjective

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.adjectiveRelating to or characteristic of a musical scale which contains seven pitches and a pattern of five whole tones and two semitones; particularly, of the major or natural minor scales.

Synonyms

tonal semitone tonic scalar chromatic semitonic semitonal scalic diapasonal metatonic metric melodic

Antonyms

chromatic

Rhymes With

sardonic tonic chronic histrionic synchronic chthonic hedonic ironic

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