Pentatonic scale

Japanese: pentatonic scale(英語表記)pentatonicscale
Pentatonic scale

…A general term for a scale with five notes in a range of one octave. A translation of the pentatonic scale. In East Asia, the scale of Do-Re-Mi-So-La, known as the five tones (Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, and Yu) has been considered theoretically fundamental since ancient China.

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Japanese:

…1オクターブの音域に対して五つの音をもつ音階の総称。ペンタトニック・スケールpentatonic scaleの訳語。東アジアでは古代中国以来,五声(宮・商・角・徴・羽)という用語で知られるドレミソラの音階が理論的に基本とされる。…

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