pandiatonic

adjective

pan·​diatonic

(¦)pan+

: marked by the use of the diatonic rather than the chromatic scale as the basic tonal material but without the classical harmonic restrictions

pandiatonic style

Word History

Etymology

pan- + diatonic

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