The result was, not unexpectedly, unorganised and quite unlike classicaldiatonicmelodies.From theCambridge English Corpus
 That is, in a section of the piece that used a 7-notediatonicsubset, all the pitches had an equal probability of occurring.From theCambridge English Corpus
 The close relationship between the two treatises is suggested by the often similar wordings of the sections on thediatonicintervals and modal theory.From theCambridge English Corpus
 Such an assumption over-simplifies, since to accept it would imply thatdiatonic, stable tonality inescapably expresses decisive, positive moods.From theCambridge English Corpus
 Thediatonictetrachord is composed of three intervals between four notes: a tone plus a tone plus a hemitone.From theCambridge English Corpus
 One can have, for instance, thediatonicscale, which has a more complex structure than the chromatic scale.From theCambridge English Corpus
 The results at this stage showed clear evidence ofdiatonicand rhythmic order; however, this was very sporadic.From theCambridge English Corpus
 The first is the equivalency of the ' 'diatonic,' ' ' ' modal' ' and ' ' octatonic' ' passages.From theCambridge English Corpus
 We could define a step indiatonicterms - that is, a minor second or major second.From theCambridge English Corpus
 Why use two differentdiatonic'yardsticks' for aspects of musical practice that were so closely related to one another?From theCambridge English Corpus
 He also explores more consonant minimalist-like textures from which simplediatonic/modal melodies emerge.From theCambridge English Corpus
 The chromatic chords challenge thediatonicones, and the effect is of a dialectic.From theCambridge English Corpus
 The resulting melodies were similar to the random ones, with some greater tendency fordiatonicpitches and less jagged melodic contours.From theCambridge English Corpus
 But this criterion might seem inappropriate, for we have already observed that the scalar organisation of these melodies is pentatonic, notdiatonic.From theCambridge English Corpus
 Here, the frequencies of thediatonicscale tones are derived from a chain of pure fifths.From theCambridge English Corpus
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