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pentatonic scale
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pentatonic scale

In music, a scale consisting of five notes. The most common pentatonic scale is made up of the notes that are equivalent to the black notes of the piano. Found as early as 2000 BC, the pentatonic scale is common in folk music from many countries. Some examples include the Scottish tune ‘Auld Lang Syne’ and the African American tune ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’.



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from Our Hunting Fathers, which contains a heterophonic treatment of the five-note "motto" of the work, and the vocal line of the first of the Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, which uses the anhemitonic pentatonic scale.
 
 
 
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