NOUN | communication | pentatone, pentatonic scale | a gapped scale with five notes |
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Meaning | A gapped scale with five notes; usually the fourth and seventh notes of the diatonic scale are omitted. | |
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Synonym | pentatonic scale | |
Broader | gapped scale | A musical scale with fewer than seven notes |
Spanish | escala pentatónica, pentatone | |
Catalan | escala pentatònica | |
Adjectives | pentatonic | relating to a pentatonic scale |
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