From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishchromaticchro‧mat‧ic /krəʊˈmætɪk, krə- $ kroʊ-, krə-/ adjective 1 APM technical related to a musical scale which consists of semitones a chromatic scale chromatic harmonies2 CC formal related to bright colours
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chromatic• Is it mainly diatonic or chromatic?• Substitution notes may be diatonic or chromatic.• In my next column I will deal with the chromatic approach notes.• The new system was as deep and mysterious as its chromatic code name implied.• Power, a New Zealander, plays the blues harp and the chromatic harmonica.• The movement falls into two repeated halves, the second having more chromatic lower parts.• It possesses a complete chromatic scale between these two notes.• the chromatic scale• First we will deal with diatonic and chromatic substitution notes, which are the main means of obscuring conventional chords.Origin chromatic (1400-1500) Greek chromatikos, from chroma “skin, color” 