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diatonic scale

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  • noun A seven note musical scale of five tones and two semitones.

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  • noun a scale with eight notes in an octave; all but two are separated by whole tones

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. musical scale
  2. scale

hyponyms (2)

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  1. mode
  2. musical mode

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