If diatonic harmony has been abandoned here, the bloodlines have been maintained.
They consist of strict diatonic harmony and secondary dominants.
The resulting fusion of modal, diatonic and chromatic harmony is a small natural wonder of contemporary music.
Stylistically, Quagliati's music is clear, elegant, and he generally uses simple diatonic harmonies.
It is surprising how few students realize the full potential of simple diatonic harmony, even after they have studied it at school and university.
Classical music exhausted itself exploring diatonic harmony and then moved on to new sophistications.
Often musicians call diatonic harmony any kind of harmony inside the major-minor system of common practice.
It is functionally a dominant chord, and thus "wants" to resolve to the tonic in diatonic harmony.
The last movement of this piece has no key signature, marking Schoenberg's formal divorce from diatonic harmonies.
Much popular music, especially rock, retains diatonic harmony.