pentatonic
IPA: pˈɛntʌtˈɑnɪk
noun
- (music) The pentatonic scale.
adjective
- (music) Based on five tones.
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Examples of "pentatonic" in Sentences
- They are tuned to the pentatonic scale.
- The music is based on a pentatonic scale.
- The last theme is pentatonic and resolute.
- The music is played in the pentatonic scale.
- Music is simple and unadorned, and pentatonic.
- The instrument is tuned to a pentatonic scale.
- Just for the record, it IS pentatonic, of course.
- Blackfoot music is most often pentatonic or hexatonic.
- In this movement, Ravel takes advantage of the pentatonic scale.
- From the minor pentatonic section because this is the major pentatonic.
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