Diatonic and chromatic
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Diatonic and chromatic are terms in music theory that are most often used to characterize scales, and are also applied to intervals, chords, notes, musical styles, and kinds of harmony. They are very often used as a pair, especially when applied to contrasting features of the common practice music of the period 1600–1900.
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See also
- Chromatic scale
- Chromatic genus (ancient Greek Chromatic)
- Chromaticism
- Chromatic mediant
- Diatonic scale
- Enharmonic genus (related, older ancient Greek scale)
- Major and minor
- Pentatonic scale
- Semitone
- Universal key
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