diatonicadj.

/dʌɪəˈtɒnɪk/

Etymology: < French diatonique (14th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin diatonicus, < Greek διατονικός, < διάτονος, < διά through, at the interval of + τόνος tone.

1. The name of that genus or scale of ancient Greek music (the others being chromatic adj. and n. and enharmonic adj. and n.) in which the interval of a tone was used, the tetrachord being divided into two whole tones and a semitone (as in each half of the modern diatonic scale).

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [adjective] > diatonic scale

diatonical1597

diatonic1603

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [adjective] > ancient Greek scales

chromatic1603

chromatical1603

diatonic1603

syntonic1786

Syntono-Lydian1786

syntonous1789

tetrachordal?1850

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1252 Before his time, al Musicke was either Diatonique or Chromatique.

1694 W. Holder Treat. Harmony vi. 134 The Diatonick had 2 Colours; it was Molle and Syntonum.

1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music v. 64 In the ancient Diatonic Scale..one Semitone and two whole Tones are ordained to succeed each other invariably.

a. In modern music, denoting the scale which in any key proceeds by the notes proper to that key without chromatic alteration; hence, applied to melodies and harmonies constructed from such a scale.

ΚΠ

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Annot. sig. ¶^v Diatonicum, is that which is now in vse.]

1694 W. Holder Treat. Harmony vi. 150 In Diatonic Music, there is but one Sort of Hemitone..whose Ration is 16 to 15.

1726 J. Arbuthnot et al. It cannot rain but it Pours 9 He sings..with equal Facility in the Chromatick, Inharmonick, and Diatonick Stile.

1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 29 In modern music the Genera are but two: Diatonic and Chromatic.

1848 E. F. Rimbault First Bk. Pianoforte 91 Diatonic, the natural scale; ascending by notes, containing five tones and two semitones.

1856 J. L. Comstock & R. D. Hoblyn Nat. Philos. (ed. 6) 234 What is called the gamut, or diatonic scale.

1867 G. A. Macfarren Six Lect. Harmony ii. 36 The word Diatonic,—rendered through the tones by etymologists—must have been intended to signify through the uninflected notes.

1879 G. Meredith Egoist II. iii. 58 Crossjay's voice ran up and down a diatonic scale.

b. figurative. Of a normal or natural sort; free from fancies or crotchets.

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1871 Contemp. Rev. 16 649 The healthy diatonic nature of Mr. Hutton's chief preferences in literature.

Derivatives

† diaˈtonical adj. Obsolete = diatonic adj.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [adjective] > diatonic scale

diatonical1597

diatonic1603

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Annot. sig. (∴)2 This diuision is false in the diatonicall kind of musicke.

diaˈtonically adv. in a diatonic manner.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [adverb] > type of scale

diatonically1728

chromatically1886

pentatonically1942

modally1980

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Diapente The Diapente is a simple Concord; yet if consider'd Diatonically, it contains four Terms.

1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 65 Taking..two, or more perfect chords of the same kind, diatonically.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	diatonic
释义	diatonicadj. /dʌɪəˈtɒnɪk/ Etymology: < French diatonique (14th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin diatonicus, < Greek διατονικός, < διάτονος, < διά through, at the interval of + τόνος tone. 1. The name of that genus or scale of ancient Greek music (the others being chromatic adj. and n. and enharmonic adj. and n.) in which the interval of a tone was used, the tetrachord being divided into two whole tones and a semitone (as in each half of the modern diatonic scale). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [adjective] > diatonic scale diatonical1597 diatonic1603 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [adjective] > ancient Greek scales chromatic1603 chromatical1603 diatonic1603 syntonic1786 Syntono-Lydian1786 syntonous1789 tetrachordal?1850 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1252 Before his time, al Musicke was either Diatonique or Chromatique. 1694 W. Holder Treat. Harmony vi. 134 The Diatonick had 2 Colours; it was Molle and Syntonum. 1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music v. 64 In the ancient Diatonic Scale..one Semitone and two whole Tones are ordained to succeed each other invariably. 2. a. In modern music, denoting the scale which in any key proceeds by the notes proper to that key without chromatic alteration; hence, applied to melodies and harmonies constructed from such a scale. ΚΠ 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Annot. sig. ¶^v Diatonicum, is that which is now in vse.] 1694 W. Holder Treat. Harmony vi. 150 In Diatonic Music, there is but one Sort of Hemitone..whose Ration is 16 to 15. 1726 J. Arbuthnot et al. It cannot rain but it Pours 9 He sings..with equal Facility in the Chromatick, Inharmonick, and Diatonick Stile. 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 29 In modern music the Genera are but two: Diatonic and Chromatic. 1848 E. F. Rimbault First Bk. Pianoforte 91 Diatonic, the natural scale; ascending by notes, containing five tones and two semitones. 1856 J. L. Comstock & R. D. Hoblyn Nat. Philos. (ed. 6) 234 What is called the gamut, or diatonic scale. 1867 G. A. Macfarren Six Lect. Harmony ii. 36 The word Diatonic,—rendered through the tones by etymologists—must have been intended to signify through the uninflected notes. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist II. iii. 58 Crossjay's voice ran up and down a diatonic scale. b. figurative. Of a normal or natural sort; free from fancies or crotchets. ΚΠ 1871 Contemp. Rev. 16 649 The healthy diatonic nature of Mr. Hutton's chief preferences in literature. Derivatives † diaˈtonical adj. Obsolete = diatonic adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [adjective] > diatonic scale diatonical1597 diatonic1603 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Annot. sig. (∴)2 This diuision is false in the diatonicall kind of musicke. diaˈtonically adv. in a diatonic manner. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [adverb] > type of scale diatonically1728 chromatically1886 pentatonically1942 modally1980 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Diapente The Diapente is a simple Concord; yet if consider'd Diatonically, it contains four Terms. 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 65 Taking..two, or more perfect chords of the same kind, diatonically. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1597
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