PENTATONE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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)

Credits