PENTATONIC SCALE


Meaning of PENTATONIC SCALE in English

/pen"teuh ton"ik, pen'-/ , Music.

a scale having five tones to an octave, as one having intervals that correspond to the five black keys of a piano octave.

[ 1860-65; PENTA- + TONIC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .