pen|ta|ton|ic

pen|ta|ton|ic
pen|ta|ton|ic «PEHN tuh TON ihk», adjective.
Music. having five tones: »

Melodies are built on varieties of pentatonic and heptatonic scales, and every African society specialized in one of these scales (Atlantic).


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