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	* [[Hexatonic]]		* [[Hexatonic scale]]


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	{{Wikipedia~~\|Pentatonic scale~~}}		{{Wikipedia}}
	A '''pentatonic''' ~~scale~~ is a [[scale]] with 5 tones per [[equave]]. It is one of the most commonly used types of scale in the world. The familiar major and minor pentatonic scales are modes of the [[2L 3s]] [[mos scale]].		A '''pentatonic scale''' is a [[scale]] with 5 tones per [[equave]]. It is one of the most commonly used types of scale in the world. The familiar major and minor pentatonic scales are modes of the [[2L 3s]] [[mos scale]].

	Pentatonic mos scales may be found at [[Pentatonic MOS]]. Other pentatonic scales may be found at [[:Category: 5-tone scales]].		Pentatonic mos scales may be found at [[Pentatonic MOS]]. Other pentatonic scales may be found at [[:Category: 5-tone scales]].

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	A '''pentatonic ~~scale~~''' is a [[scale]] with 5 tones per [[~~period~~]]. It is one of the most commonly used types of scale in the world.		{{Wikipedia\|Pentatonic scale}}
			A '''pentatonic''' scale is a [[scale]] with 5 tones per [[equave]]. It is one of the most commonly used types of scale in the world. The familiar major and minor pentatonic scales are modes of the [[2L 3s]] [[mos scale]].

	* The familiar major and minor pentatonic scales ~~are modes of the~~ [[~~2L 3s~~]] [[~~MOS~~]] ~~scale~~.		Pentatonic mos scales may be found at [[Pentatonic MOS]]. Other pentatonic scales may be found at [[:Category: 5-tone scales]].

	* Pentatonic MOS scales ~~may be found at:~~ [[~~Pentatonic MOS~~]].		[[Equipentatonic]] scales are scales with 5 ''roughly equally'' spaced tones per [[octave]], common in some musical traditions. The exactly equal form of the equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]].

	* Other pentatonic scales may be found at: [[:Category:5-tone scales]].		5 equal frequency divisions instead of pitch gives a pentatonic [[overtone scale]], the first mode of [[5afdo]].

	* [[Equipentatonic]] scales are scales with 5 ''roughly equally'' spaced tones per [[octave]], common in some musical traditions. The exactly equal form of the equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]].

	* 5 equal frequency divisions instead of pitch gives a pentatonic [[overtone scale]], the first mode of [[5afdo]].

	Pentatonic scales may sometimes be used as chords rather than scales, in which case they are called [[pentad]]s.		Pentatonic scales may sometimes be used as chords rather than scales, in which case they are called [[pentad]]s.
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	A '''pentatonic scale''' is a [[scale]] with 5 tones per [[period]]. It is one of the most commonly used types of scale ~~[[Approaches to Musical Tuning\|~~in the world]].		A '''pentatonic scale''' is a [[scale]] with 5 tones per [[period]]. It is one of the most commonly used types of scale in the world.

	~~Pentatonic~~ [[~~MOS scale~~]]~~s may be found at:~~ [[~~Pentatonic~~ MOS]].		* The familiar major and minor pentatonic scales are modes of the [[2L 3s]] [[MOS]] scale.

	~~Other pentatonic~~ scales may be found at: [[~~:Category:5-tone scales~~]].		* Pentatonic MOS scales may be found at: [[Pentatonic MOS]].

	~~Pentatonic~~ scales may ~~sometimes~~ be ~~used as chords rather than~~ scales, in ~~which case they are called~~ [[~~pentad~~]]s.		* Other pentatonic scales may be found at: [[:Category:5-tone scales]].

			* [[Equipentatonic]] scales are scales with 5 ''roughly equally'' spaced tones per [[octave]], common in some musical traditions. The exactly equal form of the equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]].

	~~[[Equipentatonic]] scales are scales with~~ 5 ~~''roughly equally'' spaced tones per~~ [[~~octave~~]], ~~common in some musical traditions. The exactly equal form~~ of ~~the equipentatonic scale is~~ [[~~5edo~~]].		* 5 equal frequency divisions instead of pitch gives a pentatonic [[overtone scale]], the first mode of [[5afdo]].

	~~5 equal frequency divisions instead of pitch gives the pentatonic [[overtone scale]]~~, ~~the first mode of~~ [[~~5afdo~~]].		Pentatonic scales may sometimes be used as chords rather than scales, in which case they are called [[pentad]]s.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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	A '''pentatonic scale''' is a [[scale]] with 5 tones per [[~~equave~~]]. It is one of the most commonly used types of scale [[Approaches to Musical Tuning\|in the world]].		A '''pentatonic scale''' is a [[scale]] with 5 tones per [[period]]. It is one of the most commonly used types of scale [[Approaches to Musical Tuning\|in the world]].

	Pentatonic [[MOS scale]]s may be found at: [[Pentatonic MOS]].		Pentatonic [[MOS scale]]s may be found at: [[Pentatonic MOS]].

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	[[Equipentatonic]] scales are scales with 5 ''roughly equally'' spaced tones per [[octave]], common in some musical traditions. The exactly equal form of the equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]].		[[Equipentatonic]] scales are scales with 5 ''roughly equally'' spaced tones per [[octave]], common in some musical traditions. The exactly equal form of the equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]].

	5 equal frequency divisions instead of pitch gives the pentatonic [[overtone scale]] ~~named~~ [[5afdo]].		5 equal frequency divisions instead of pitch gives the pentatonic [[overtone scale]], the first mode of [[5afdo]].

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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	[[Equipentatonic]] scales are scales with 5 ''roughly equally'' spaced tones per [[octave]], common in some musical traditions. The exactly equal form of the equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]].		[[Equipentatonic]] scales are scales with 5 ''roughly equally'' spaced tones per [[octave]], common in some musical traditions. The exactly equal form of the equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]].

			5 equal frequency divisions instead of pitch gives the pentatonic [[overtone scale]] named [[5afdo]].

	== See also ==		== See also ==

BudjarnLambeth at 03:40, 17 November 2024

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	Pentatonic scales may sometimes be used as chords rather than scales, in which case they are called [[pentad]]s.		Pentatonic scales may sometimes be used as chords rather than scales, in which case they are called [[pentad]]s.

	[[Equipentatonic]] scales are scales with 5 roughly equally spaced tones per [[octave]], common in some musical traditions. The exactly equal form of the equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]].		[[Equipentatonic]] scales are scales with 5 ''roughly equally'' spaced tones per [[octave]], common in some musical traditions. The exactly equal form of the equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]].

	== See also ==		== See also ==