Author: michael

If you’ve spent any time learning the basics of music theory, it’s likely that you’ve heard or seen the words diminished and minor. To the novice, these words seem like they would have similar meanings. However, these two words have very different definitions when it comes to describing music intervals. A diminished interval is the…

Diatonic is a word derived from two parts: Di is a prefix borrowed from the Greek language that means double, twice, or two, whereas tonic is the first degree of a music scale. And an interval is the distance between two notes. But what does diatonic mean when it’s used as an adjective to describe…