pentatonic scale









pentatonic scale


pentatonic scale [pen-tuh-ton-ik, pen-] Word Origin noun Music.

  1. a scale having five tones to an octave, as one having intervals that correspond to the five black keys of a piano octave.

Origin of pentatonic scale First recorded in 1860–65; penta- + tonic British Dictionary definitions for pentatonic scale pentatonic scale noun

  1. music 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
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