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— John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

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diatonic

Part of Speechadjective

Relating to or characteristic of a musical scale which contains seven pitches and a pattern of five whole tones and two semitones; particularly, of the major or natural minor scales.

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Common Phrases

scale diatonicscales diatonic. diatonicsystem diatonicmelody diatonicharmony diatonicdiatonic majordiatonic simple
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Synonyms

tonal

Antonyms

chromatic

Related Words

semitonetonicscalarchromaticsemitonicsemitonalscalic

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