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pentatonic
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pen·ta·ton·ic  (pnt-tnk)
adj. Music
Of or using only five tones, usually the first, second, third, fifth, and sixth tones of a diatonic scale.
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Adj.1.pentatonic - relating to a pentatonic scale
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pentatonic [ˌpentəˈtɒnɪk]
A. ADJpentatónico
B. CPD pentatonic scale Nescala f pentatónica
pentatonic
adjpentatonisch; pentatonic scalefünfstufige Tonleiter


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Characteristics include changing meters, modality, open fifths, pentatonicism, clusters, quartal chords and whole-tone scales.
 
 
 
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