diatonic

/dahy-uh-ton-ik/US // ˌdaɪ əˈtɒn ɪk //UK // (ˌdaɪəˈtɒnɪk) //

二声道,二声部,二声道的,二音

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
Music.
- : noting those scales that contain five whole tones and two semitones, as the major, minor, and certain modal scales.
- : of or relating to the tones, intervals, or harmonies of such scales.

as inachromatic

Synonyms

The keyboard had eleven, twelve, even thirteen keys in diatonic succession without semitones.
In the Diatonic genus, for example, a semitone must be followed by two tones, so as to make up the interval of a Fourth.
On the Diatonic scale, according to the same writer, the species of an Octave is distinguished by the places of the two semitones.
The scholars who connect the ancient Modes with the species generally confine themselves to octaves of the Diatonic genus.
One was Diatonic, of the 'colour' or variety which Ptolemy recognises as the prevailing one, viz.