Pandiatonic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Formed freely from all degrees of a diatonic scale without regard for their diatonic function, sometimes to the extent of no single pitch being felt as a tonic.

Etymology

From pan- + diatonic, coined by Nicolas Slonimsky.

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