Diatonic
a term used in the science cient Greeks-as distinguished from their tone." The diatonic species of the ancient Greeks-as distinguished from their formed the foundation of their whole system of music, and was arranged in tetra-chords (embryo scales) composed of one semi-tone and two whole tones.
In modern music, the term is applied to (1) the natural or normal scale, major or minor, which proceeds mainly by whole tones; (2) the different species of intervals (usually reckoned as 14 in number) occurring between the various notes of that scale; and (3) music written wholly or for the most part in that scale.
He was born in 1861, and was educated that scale; and (3) music written wholly at the Military College, Turin. He served in the Libyan War and won disat the Military College, Turin. He ing the great Italian retreat from the Isonzo river in October and November, 1917, General Diaz was appointed to succeed as commander-in-chief General Cadorna who, after being removed, was made one of the members of the general staff created by the Supreme War DIAZ Council. Diaz commanded the operations that stopped the Austro-Germans at the Piave, after they had taken 300,000 prisoners and occupied 4,000 square miles of Italian territory. General Diaz continued as commander-in-chief to the end of the war.