pentatonic scale

English

Noun

pentatonic scale (plural pentatonic scales)

1. (music) A scale having five notes per octave.

   Japanese mode pentatonic scale:
   

   

Derived terms

• hemitonic pentatonic scale
• anhemitonic pentatonic scale

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)