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Diatonics are the predominate note scales used in modern Western music. Modern performers (especially in most forms of popular music today) have a tendency to conform their music into these scales. The eight diatonic notes of an octave in the key of C major indeed correspond to the white notes of a piano or organ keyboard from one C to the next C.

The relationship between adjacent notes in diatonic scales can be either a whole tone or a semitone. The determination of which notes in the scale sequence have these relationships give rise to [~~[modes|~~https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatonic_scale#Modes]].

The relationship between adjacent notes in diatonic scales can be either a whole tone or a semitone. The determination of which notes in the scale sequence have these relationships give rise to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatonic_scale#Modes modes].

These modes within diatonic music are named after the classical Greek modes, though they no longer represent the same scales - Ionian (Mode 1, white keys from C to C), Dorian (Mode 2, from D), Phrygian (Mode 3 from E), Lydian (from F), Mixolydian (from G), Aeolian (from A), Locrian (from B). Each mode has a different, distinctive sound, that may evoke different moods.

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 Diatonics are the predominate note scales used in modern Western music. Modern performers (especially in most forms of popular music today) have a tendency to conform their music into these scales. The eight diatonic notes of an octave in the key of C major indeed correspond to the white notes of a piano or organ keyboard from one C to the next C.
-The relationship between adjacent notes in diatonic scales can be either a whole tone or a semitone. The determination of which notes in the scale sequence have these relationships give rise to [[modes|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatonic_scale#Modes]].
+The relationship between adjacent notes in diatonic scales can be either a whole tone or a semitone. The determination of which notes in the scale sequence have these relationships give rise to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatonic_scale#Modes modes].
 These modes within diatonic music are named after the classical Greek modes, though they no longer represent the same scales - Ionian (Mode 1, white keys from C to C), Dorian (Mode 2, from D), Phrygian (Mode 3 from E), Lydian (from F), Mixolydian (from G), Aeolian (from A), Locrian (from B). Each mode has a different, distinctive sound, that may evoke different moods.