chromatic
chromatic
Definition
chro·matic (krō mat′ik)
adjective
- of color or having color or colors
- highly colored
- Biol. readily stained
- Music
- using or progressing by semitones a chromatic scale
- producing all the tones of such a scale a chromatic instrument
- using tones not in the key of a work chromatic harmony
Etymology: LL chromaticus < Gr chrōmatikos, suited for color: see chroma & -atic
noun
Music a tone modified by an accidental
chro·mat′i·cally adverb
chro·mat′i·cism′ (-ə siz′əm) noun
chromatic
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- aberration: I also looked into the immense size of chromatic aberration in the human eye.
- harmonica: Complete with solo and accompanied pieces, this book is suitable for all diatonic and chromatic harmonicas.
- tuner: And its easy to see and use built-in auto chromatic tuner helps keep you in tune without having to use an external device.
- polynomial: I shall discuss recent developments in the ' transfer matrix ' method for calculating chromatic polynomials of families of graphs.
- harmony: The theme is first stated over a somewhat ambiguous chromatic harmony in the home key of D minor.
- scale: I may also have used about 11 of the 12 possible notes of the chromatic scale.
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