Adjective(1) based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals(2) based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of western music(3) based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of Western music
Adjective(1) based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals(2) based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of western music(3) based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of Western music
(1) There is dissonance, beautiful dissonance, mixed with more diatonic harmony.(2) One of the weaknesses of much pre-Classic music is the prevalence of bland diatonic harmony.(3) The fingering indicated is performed easily by a student with modest hand size and capitalizes on diatonic scale patterns.(4) As Hanon's The Virtuoso Pianist exercises strengthen the fingers through varying linear progressions, Jazz Chord Hanon moves sequentially through diatonic and chromatic scales and progressions from three through five voices.(5) There is little dramatic impulse, but, especially when sung in German, the solo music is reminiscent of Mozart's Die Zauberflu00f6te in its simple direct melody and clear diatonic harmony.(6) Harmonically, the added notes are needed to provide a major or minor triad for each note of the diatonic scale.(7) In music, India gave to the world her system of notation, with the seven cardinal notes and the diatonic scale, all of which we enjoyed as early as 350 B.C., while it came to Europe only in the eleventh century.(8) Like the diatonic scale, it may begin on any degree.(9) Over two massive sections - with the second encompassing an evocative slow movement and a dramatic finale - the argument is based on two contrasted motifs that, with satisfying logic, resolve at the end in a warmly diatonic melody.
