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pentatonic scale
pen·ta·ton·ic scale [ pèntə tonik skáyl ] (plural pen·ta·ton·ic scales)


noun 
Definition:
 
musical scale: any musical scale that has five notes to an octave, especially a major scale in which the fourth and seventh degrees are omitted
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