will someone please explain what di-tones are.
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here ya go mate, dont eat it all at once!
(i personally dont have a clue wat they are)
don't you mean tritones? or else it could be an abbreviation for diatonic tones. at any rate this is not standard terminology.
tritone = three whole tones
ditone = two whole tones

simple huh?
that would make a ditone a major third.  does anyone even use that term?
cynbad i am with you. i had never heard the term until someone told me to play one and i was completely in the dark. i was like " as soon as i get home i am going to ask my brothers and sisters on learn jazz piano what the crap a ditone is!!" and, as normal, ya'll came through. thanx.
for". lol
i had search on the internet yesterday and came away with the understanding that a ditone is a major third, roughly, and that 3 x ditones = 1 octave, roughly. see this explanation:

ditone:  the interval consisting of two major tones = 203.9 x 2 = 407.8 cents, often rounded to 408c, and having the harmonic ratio of 9:8 + 9:8 = 81:64  

ditonic comma:  the interval by which three pythagorean ditones exceed one 8ve (1200c)

(3 x ditone) = 8ve  
(3 x 407.8c) = 1223.4c  
1223.4c — 1200c = 23.4c (often rounded to 24c)
i looked on answers which provided the following quote: ditone  
"the musical interval of a ditone is literally two tones, whole tones or major seconds, often called a major third. in contrast to a major third, ideally a just 4:5 or 4 equally tempered semitones, however, a ditone is ideally a pythagorean 64:81 = 1.2656 = 1.1252 = 9:82, two 9:8 whole tones.

contrast with: major third, ditonus, two major seconds or whole tones.
"
my dictionary didn't show "ditone" and so i came to the same conclusions as 7 re 'diatonic; or a language difficulty.

just to confuse the issue further (for fun): 7's last remark re 'killer tone' reminded me that just a bit above ditone in my said dictionary is 'diabolus in music' meaning the devil in music - of course, the tritone.  out of interest, does anyone know the origin of this expression.  i know that it was once prohibited because it was regarded as an awkward interval to use.
will someone please explain what di-tones are.
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