Ko te raupapa mai o ngā oro o roto i tētahi waruoro, kia rima ngā pikinga oro waetahi, kia rua ngā pikinga waehaurua. He āwhata waru ngā āwhata matua me ngā āwhata rikiriki.
The sequence of notes within an octave such that there are five tonal steps and two semitonal steps. Major and minor scales are examples of diatonic scales.