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10 Language-to-English DictionariesPentatonic
/ˌpɛntəˈtɒnɪk/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Relating to or denoting a musical scale of five notes per octave, found widely in folk music and blues.
"The guitarist played a sweeping pentatonic solo over the chord progression."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in the 19th century, derived from Greek pente meaning 'five' and tonikos meaning 'of pitch' (from tonos 'tone').
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Pentatonic" is said worldwide
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pentatonique
Transliteration: pentatonique
"Cette mélodie est basée sur une gamme pentatonique."
pentatonisch
Transliteration: pentatonisch
"Die pentatonische Tonleiter wird in vielen Musikrichtungen verwendet."
pentatonico
Transliteration: pentatonico
"Il blues utilizza spesso la scala pentatonica."
pentatónica
Transliteration: pentatónica
"La escala pentatónica es muy común en la música tradicional."
pentatônica
Transliteration: pentatônica
"O solo de guitarra foi construído com notas da escala pentatônica."
पेंटाटोनिक
Transliteration: pentatonic
"भारतीय शास्त्रीय संगीत में कई राग पेंटाटोनिक होते हैं।"
五声的
Transliteration: wǔ shēng de
"中国民间音乐广泛使用五声调式。"
오음음계의
Transliteration: oeum-eumgyeui
"많은 민요가 오음음계로 이루어져 있다."
ペンタトニック
Transliteration: pentatonikku
"この曲はペンタトニック・スケールを使っています。"
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