diatonic

Most, but not all, accept the natural minor as diatonic.

He played diatonic at first, and took up chromatic soon after.

If it is diatonic we may never need to modulate at all.

Then structures began to build themselves as a diatonic order was imposed.

The diatonic collection contains each interval class a unique number of times.

The diatonic idea has been applied in analysis of some traditional African rhythms, for example.

All the above works were written for the diatonic button accordion.

Diatonic scales are the foundation of the European musical tradition.

The word "diatonic" has already been explained in 6 as meaning "through the degrees".

The exact proportions were used during changes to the diatonic genus.

The circle is commonly used to represent the relationship between diatonic scales.

In diatonic set theory, specific and generic intervals are distinguished.

It has from five to nine (usually eight) strings producing a diatonic scale.

The natural minor scale and the church modes (see Mode) are also diatonic.

The interval between adjacent staff positions is one step in the diatonic scale.

The chords are mostly in the major mode, clear, diatonic and soothing.

The offerings range from performance art to diatonic accordion concerts.

The diatonic key arrangement was also already in use on mouth-blown instruments.

This continued until the late 1980s, when he returned to diatonic composition.

In Western music, intervals are most commonly differences between notes of a diatonic scale.

All these scales meet the definition of diatonic scale.

The number of strings varies from three to eight, with diatonic fretting.

In this sense it generalizes a property of the familiar diatonic scale.

Examples include the diatonic scale (including major, natural minor, and the modes).

However, given the ambiguity of diatonic scale, this definition, too, is ambiguous.