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PENTATONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gapped scale with five notes; usually the fourth and seventh notes of the diatonic scale are omitted
Synonyms:
pentatone; pentatonic scale
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("pentatone" is a kind of...):
gapped scale (a musical scale with fewer than seven notes)
Derivation:
pentatonic (relating to a pentatonic scale)
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