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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.
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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 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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