RE: [Harp-L] Terms: diatonic

[Buck Worley <boogalloo@xxxxxxx>]

Off the top of my head... dia = 2 ? tonic = toned ?
each hole has two notes. And then we started bastardizing the instrument and playing it in a way that is the designer never intended ie bending notes.
Herr Richter invented the tuning layout ?B
 

> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:44:19 -0700
> From: robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Harp-L] Terms: diatonic
> 
> >From the NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN file:
> 
> I notice the description of the Huang Cadet at Coast2Coast is
> "solo-tuned, diatonic." Sounds contradictory.
> So, what exactly is inferred by "diatonic" (Not necessarily equivalent to
> Richter?)
> 
> Must be "8 tones occurring within the natural scale" of the key?
> 
> Robert Hale
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