diatonic scale

English

Noun

diatonic scale (plural diatonic scales)

1. (music) A seven-note musical scale consisting of five tones and two diatonic semitones, formed by stacking six perfect fifths.

   Coordinate term: chromatic scale

Translations

diatonic scale

• Esperanto: diatona gamo
• Finnish: diatoninen asteikko
• French: échelle diatonique f, gamme diatonique (fr) f
• German: Diatonik m
• Italian: scala diatonica f
• Japanese: 全音階 (zen onkai)
• Maori: āwhata waru
• Norwegian: diatonisk skala m
• Portuguese: escala diatônica f
• Romanian: gamă diatonică (ro) f
• Spanish: escala diatónica f
• Tagalog: talalinggang payak

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