diatonic

So for diatonic chords we spell them with those same notes of the scale as well, of course.

Just so for the other sounds of diatonic solfeggio that everyone knows: re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti.

> As for diatonic scales that start on an accidental, as far as I know you can use either the flat or the sharp notation.

But did you ever wonder why there are only seven words for the diatonic scale, but actually twelve tones in an octave?

It's all diatonic, sure, but if that's the criterion then a huge amount of music is uninteresting.

That would be the ideal notation for a diatonic harmonica player like me. I never really have an idea of what letter note I'm playing, unless I think about what key I'm in, and then I have to count.

"In classical music from Western culture, a fifth is the interval from the first to the last of five consecutive notes in a diatonic scale.

I'm a harmonica player. I don't play a chromatic instrument; I play diatonic instruments in various keys and tunings.

The official Scrabble dictionary[1] lists "re" with the definition "the second tone of the diatonic musical scale".

You want to be able to spell each diatonic alphabetically in order without skipping any letters of the alphabet.

Even in a purely diatonic harmonic context, understanding when to use a g-sharp versus and a-flat requires a pretty extensive understanding of music theory.

By representing music on a diatonic staff, with a key signature, it's shown in a perfect format to translate it to keys on the piano, at the expense of some other kinds of instruments, vocals, and general understanding of the music, where it would be more helpful to see the music on a chromatic staff.