Diatonic
"Diatonic" in a Sentence (2 examples)
Modern harps have a series of pedals that enable the performer to tune the instrument to any diatonic scale.
In a composition called "Adriatica," the sounds of an old diatonic accordion, called an organetto in Italy, are combined with those of the clarinet, the tambourine and the darbuka — the universal drum of the Arab world, found from Morocco to Pakistan.
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