diatonic scale

English Thesaurus

1. a scale with eight notes in an octave; all but two are separated by whole tones (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	musical scale, scale,
definition	:	(music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	mode, musical mode,
definition	:	any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave (noun.communication)