diatonicism

Variant of diatonic

diatonic definition

dia·tonic (dī′ə tän′ik)

adjective

Music designating, of, or using a scale of eight tones that is either a major scale or a minor scale

Etymology: Fr diatonique < LL diatonicus < Gr diatonikos, stretched through (the notes) < dia-, through + teinein, to stretch: see tend

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