全ぜん音おん階かい

noun

diatonic scale

Music term for the seven-note scale pattern of whole and half steps, as opposed to the chromatic scale (半音階).

See also: 半音階

• 全ぜん音おん階かいは、ピアノの白はっ鍵けんだけで演えん奏そうできる音おん階かいです。

  The diatonic scale is a scale that can be played using only the white keys of a piano.