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pentatonic scale

pentatonic scale noun: a scale having five notes per octave.

Noun

pentatonic scale (plural pentatonic scales)

  1. A scale having five notes per octave.
    • Japanese mode pentatonic scale:
      {\set Staff.midiInstrument=#"koto"\override Score.TimeSignature#'stencil =##f{\time6/4 e'f'a'b'c2

Forms of pentatonic scale

pluralpentatonic scales

Questions about pentatonic scale

What does pentatonic scale mean?
Pentatonic scale means a scale having five notes per octave.
What part of speech is pentatonic scale?
Pentatonic scale is a noun.
What is the plural of pentatonic scale?
The plural of pentatonic scale is pentatonic scales.

Words near pentatonic scale in the dictionary

  1. pentatomomorphans
  2. pentatomomorphs
  3. pentatone
  4. pentatones
  5. pentatonic
  6. pentatonic scale
  7. pentatonic scales
  8. pentatonically
  9. pentatonicism
  10. pentatonics
  11. pentatonism

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