pentatonic scale

English

Noun

pentatonic scale (plural pentatonic scales)

(music) A scale having five notes per octave.
Japanese mode pentatonic scale:
${\set Staff.midiInstrument=#"koto"\override Score.TimeSignature#'stencil =##f{\time6/4 e'f'a'b'c''2}}$

Derived terms

Translations

scale having five notes

Chinese:
Mandarin: 五聲音階／五声音阶 (zh) (wǔshēng yīnjiē)
Finnish: pentatoninen asteikko, viisisävelinen asteikko
Polish: skala pentatoniczna f
Portuguese: escala pentatónica f (European), escala pentatônica f (Brazilian)
Romanian: gamă pentatonică (ro) f
Russian: пентато́ника (ru) f (pentatónika)

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