pentatonic scale
1Pentatonic scale — The first two phrases of the melody from Stephen Foster s Oh! Susanna are based on the major pentatonic scale[1] …
2pentatonic scale — /pen teuh ton ik, pen /, Music. a scale having five tones to an octave, as one having intervals that correspond to the five black keys of a piano octave. [1860 65; PENTA + TONIC] * * * ▪ music also called Five note Scale, or Five tone Scale, … …
3pentatonic scale — noun a gapped scale with five notes; usually the fourth and seventh notes of the diatonic scale are omitted • Syn: ↑pentatone • Derivationally related forms: ↑pentatonic (for: ↑pentatone) • Hypernyms: ↑gapped scal …
4pentatonic scale — pen′ta•ton′ic scale′ [[t]ˈpɛn təˈtɒn ɪk, ˌpɛn [/t]] n. mad a musical scale of five tones …
5pentatonic scale — noun a scale having five notes per octave …
6pentatonic scale — octave that includes only 5 notes, basic musical scale used in the Far East …
7pentatonic scale — /pɛntəˌtɒnɪk ˈskeɪl/ (say pentuh.tonik skayl) noun 1. any of a class of scales, found in most music traditions, for which the octave is divided into five tones according to numerous patterns of intervals. 2. (in the Western chromatic system) any… …
8scale — scale1 scaleless, adj. scalelike, adj. /skayl/, n., v., scaled, scaling. n. 1. Zool. a. one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins. b. one of the hard, b …
9scale — Synonyms and related words: Danish balance, Indian file, Lambert conformal projection, Mercator projection, Miller projection, Roman balance, Weightometer, accommodation ladder, adjust, aeronautical chart, alloy balance, amount, amplitude,… …
10pentatonic — adjective Based on five tones. The middle movement is completely pentatonic, giving it an unusual sound. See Also: diatonic, pentatonic scale …
