diatonicism Mus.
(daɪəˈtɒnɪsɪz(ə)m)
[f. diatonic a. + -ism.]
The quality or state of being diatonic; music the tonality of which is predominantly diatonic; a diatonic system.
| 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 July 580/4 Returning from Schönbergian wanderings to a ‘sincere diatonicism’. 1938 Scrutiny VII. ii. 173 Even his most complex departures from diatonicism can be referred back to some scale system or chordal structure. 1959 Listener 20 Aug. 297/1 Frank added-note diatonicism is allied to blatantly nautical-English melody. |