pentatonic scale

pen·ta·ton·ic scale

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Definitions of pentatonic scale words

noun pentatonic scale a scale having five tones to an octave, as one having intervals that correspond to the five black keys of a piano octave. 1
noun pentatonic scale any of several scales consisting of five notes, the most commonly encountered one being composed of the first, second, third, fifth, and sixth degrees of the major diatonic scale 0

before 1860

One of the 29% newest English words

First recorded in 1860-65; penta- + tonic

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