Diatonically

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di·a·ton·ic (d

-t

adj. Music

Of or using only the seven tones of a standard scale without chromatic alterations.

[Late Latin diatonicus, from Greek diatonikos : dia-, dia- + tonos, tone; see tone.]

dia·toni·cal·ly adv.

dia·toni·cism (-

-s

m) n.

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