Modifies a noun

• accordion: Then the trio of David Rolland on the diatonic accordion played music in the Cajun style of Louisiana.

• harmonica: One of the main differences in the many available models of diatonic harmonica is the material that the comb is made from.

• scale: Bells used for change ringing are tuned to a diatonic scale - the scale used for the vast majority of Western music.

• harmony: This simple diatonic harmony is enriched to be very interesting.

• instrument: These are diatonic instruments, in that they only play the basic scale without sharps and flats.

• degree: Two tones eight diatonic degrees apart that are sounded together.

Modifying Another Word

• basically: The fretting of the instrument is basically diatonic, but it is not the same in each octave.

• clearly: Yet the symphony also reconciles the intricately serial derivation of its material with a clearly diatonic goal.