1APM technical related to a musical scale which consists of semitones 半音(阶)的
a chromatic scale
半音阶
chromatic harmonies
半音阶和声
2.CC formal related to bright colours 彩色的,颜色鲜艳的
Examples from the Corpus
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.
Originchromatic
(1400-1500)Greekchromatikos, from chroma“skin, color”