Diatonic vs. Pentatonic

Diatonicadjective

(music) 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.

Diatonicadjective

Pertaining to the scale of eight tones, the eighth of which is the octave of the first.

Diatonicadjective

based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals

Diatonicadjective

based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of Western music

Pentatonicadjective

(music) Based on five tones.

Pentatonicnoun

(music) The pentatonic scale.

Pentatonicadjective

relating to a pentatonic scale