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Re: Even More out of tune



At 5:11 PM -0500 2/7/04, David Beardsley wrote:

>Diatonic refers to a major scale/harmony.

This is probably the most common usage of "diatonic" but is not 
exclusively so. A natural minor scale is also diatonic, as are modes 
that have the same interval pattern as the major scale (just starting 
with a different step as the tonic). These are less common usages 
(and are perhaps deemed "old fashioned" or even valid in some 
circles) but they are nevertheless legitimate.
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