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Diatonic and
chromatic are
terms in
music theory that are used to
characterize scales. The
terms are also
applied to
musical instruments, intervals, chords...
- In
music theory a
diatonic scale is a
heptatonic (seven-note)
scale that
includes five
whole steps (whole tones) and two half
steps (semitones) in each...
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perfect fifth 7 semitones). In
music theory, a
distinction is made
between a
diatonic semitone, or
minor second (an
interval encomp****ing two
different staff...
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tonic of a
major or
minor key, and each of
these keys will have a
diatonic scale ****ociated with it. The
circle diagram shows the
number of sharps...
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classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many
types of
harmonica include diatonic, chromatic, tremolo, octave, orchestral, and b**** versions. A harmonica...
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fundamental in the
hypothetical harmonic series. The
bottom note of
every odd
diatonically numbered intervals are the roots, as are the tops of all even numbered...
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descending b****line G, F♯, E. This type of
slash chord contains diatonically occurring notes. In
traditional classical notation it
would be written...
- only, the two
other notes being common notes. In addition,
within the
diatonic scale,
triads a
third apart necessarily are of
opposite mode. In the simplified...
- "The word
diatonic means 'through the tones' (i.e.,
through the
tones of the key)" (Gehrkens, 1914, see
Diatonic and
chromatic §
Diatonic includes the...
- or scale; one of the
medieval church modes; or a
modern musical mode or
diatonic scale,
related to the
medieval mode. (The
Hypomixolydian mode of medieval...
