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A '''pentatonic | {{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]]. | |||
Pentatonic [[MOS | Pentatonic mos scales may be found at [[Pentatonic MOS]]. 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]]. | |||
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. | |||
== See also == | |||
* [[Hexatonic]] | |||
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