Pandiatonic
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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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