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| interval smaller by a chromatic half step than the corresponding major interval |
| tone on the third degree from a given tone counted as the first |
pentatonic scale
musical scale containing five different tones. It is thought that the pentatonic scale represents an early stage of musical development, because it is found, in different forms, in most of the world's music. The most widely known form is anhemitonic (without semitones; e.g., c-d-f-g-a-c'), the hemitonic form (with semitones; e.g., c-e-f-g-b-c') occurring less frequently.
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