Noun
a scale with eight notes in an octave; all but two are separated by whole tones
Source: WordNetBy a commonly used definition of diatonic scale (which excludes the harmonic minor and melodic minor scales), all perfect, major and minor intervals are diatonic. Source: Internet
For example, major-mode pieces typically begin in a "tonic" diatonic scale and modulate to the "dominant" scale a fifth above. Source: Internet
Among these four well-known variants of the diatonic scale, the diatonic scale itself has additional properties of what has been called simplicity, because it is produced by iterations of a single generator, the meantone fifth. Source: Internet
An alternative to the usual A440 diatonic scale is that of philosophical or scientific pitch with standard pitch of C512. Source: Internet
Any sequence of seven successive white keys plays a diatonic scale. Source: Internet
Despite the conjectural nature of reconstructions of the piece known as the Hurrian songs from the surviving score, the evidence that it used the diatonic scale is much more soundly based. Source: Internet