Usually means: Five-note musical scale system.
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  1. pentatonic scale: Merriam-Webster
  2. pentatonic scale: Collins English Dictionary
  3. pentatonic scale: Vocabulary.com
  4. pentatonic scale: Wiktionary
  5. pentatonic scale: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. pentatonic scale: Dictionary.com
  7. Pentatonic scale: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. pentatonic scale: Rhymezone
  9. pentatonic scale: FreeDictionary.org
  10. pentatonic scale: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. pentatonic scale: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

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  1. pentatonic scale: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pentatonic scale)

▸ noun:  (music) A scale having five notes per octave.

Similar:
pentatonic, pentachord, diatonic scale, pent, pentatonicism, octatonic scale, pentatonism, fifth, tonality, pentatone, more...

Opposite:
hexatonic scale, heptatonic scale, octatonic scale

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Similar:
pentatonic, pentachord, diatonic scale, pent, pentatonicism, octatonic scale, pentatonism, fifth, tonality, pentatone, more...

Opposite:
hexatonic scale, heptatonic scale, octatonic scale



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