PENTATONIC SCALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pentatonic scale mean? 

• PENTATONIC SCALE (noun)
  The noun PENTATONIC SCALE has 1 sense:

1. a gapped scale with five notes; usually the fourth and seventh notes of the diatonic scale are omitted

  Familiarity information: PENTATONIC SCALE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PENTATONIC SCALE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gapped scale with five notes; usually the fourth and seventh notes of the diatonic scale are omitted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

pentatone; pentatonic scale

Hypernyms ("pentatonic scale" is a kind of...):

gapped scale (a musical scale with fewer than seven notes)