DIATONIC SCALE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("diatonic scale" is a kind of...):

musical scale; scale ((music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diatonic scale"):

mode; musical mode (any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave)