music-glossary: diatonic scale
1.82 diatonic scale
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ES: escala diatónica, I: scala diatonica, F: gamme diatonique, D:
diatonische Tonleiter, NL: diatonische toonladder, DK: diatonisk skala,
S: diatonisk skala, FI: diatoninen asteikko.
A scale consisting of 5 whole tones and 2 semitones (S). Scales
played on the white keys of a piano keyboard are diatonic. These scales
are sometimes called, somewhat inaccurately, âchurch modesâ).
These _modes_ are used in Gregorian chant and in pre-baroque early
music but also to some extent in newer jazz music.
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From the beginning of the 17th century the scales used in European
compositional music are primarily the major and the minor scales. In
the harmonic minor scale type an augmented second (A) occurs between the
6th and 7th tone.
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See also
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semitone, whole tone.
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