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diatonic scale

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diatonic scale

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Three commonly used diatonic scales.

In music, a scale consisting of the seven notes of any major or minor key.



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The fingering indicated is performed easily by a student with modest hand size and capitalizes on diatonic scale patterns.
Musical works consist of only seven notes on a diatonic scale and a limited number of rhythms.
In 11 of the structures, Hawkins found ratios of small whole numbers that precisely matched the ratios defining the diatonic scale.
 
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