PENTATONIC


Meaning of PENTATONIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpen-tə-ˈtä-nik ]

adjective

Date: 1864

: consisting of five tones ; specifically : being or relating to a scale in which the tones are arranged like a major scale with the fourth and seventh tones omitted

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.