tetratonic

adjective

tet·​ra·​ton·​ic

1

: consisting of four musical tones

tetratonic scale

2

: relating to the tetratonic scale

Word History

Etymology

Greek tetratonos having four tones (from tetra- + tonos tone) + English -ic

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