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Definition of diatonic adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

diatonic

 adjective
adjective
NAmE//ˌdaɪəˈtɑnɪk//
 
(music)
 
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using only the notes of the appropriate major or minor scale compare chromatic
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