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chromatic
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chromatic /chro·mat·ic/ (kro-mat´ik)
1. pertaining to color; stainable with dyes.
2. pertaining to chromatin.
chro·mat·ic (kr-mtk)
adj.
1. Relating to color or colors.
2. Produced by or made in a color or colors.
chromatic
[krōmat′ik]
Etymology: Gk, chroma, color
1 pertaining to color.
2 stainable by a dye.
3 pertaining to chromatin. Also called chromatinic.
chromatic
1. pertaining to color; stainable with dyes.
2. pertaining to chromatin.
chromatic 
Pertaining to colour.


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This nostalgic-feeling rag features lots of syncopation and chromaticism.
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However, most jazz, including modal jazz, is diatonic music; that is, within the structure of the jazz standard, as well as the blues, there is almost always a return to the tonic, even in the chromaticism of bebop (Kofsky 262-64, 280, 317; Heble 32-33).
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