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pentatonic definition

penta·tonic (pen′tə tän′ik)

adjective

designating or of a musical scale having five tones to the octave

Etymology: see penta- & tonic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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