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pentatonic scale

musical scale with 5 pitches per octave
Class type of: scale Q191345

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
interval system model, pentad[3]
Subclass of
scale
Derivative work
blues scale[8]
Described by source
A Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1900, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[4][5][6]
Different from
pentachord[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Pentatonic System en pentatonic scale en Pentatonic scale ar سلم خماسي cs pentatonická stupnice cs pentatonika da Pentatonisk skala da Pentaton da Pentatonik de Fünftonleiter de Pentatonische Skala de Pentatonisch de Fünftonmusik de Fünfton-Musik el πεντατονική κλίμακα es escala pentáfona es escala pentatónica es escala pentafónica fa گام پنتاتونیک fi pentatoninen asteikko
🔖 Identifiers · 18
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh2002002627
GND ID
4127999-2
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
art/pentatonic-scale
Freebase ID
/m/0m6kq
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11f3xngp4j, /g/11bc5mvs45
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
pentatonic
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0200342
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
pentatonika-4ef109
J9U entity ID
987007534912405171
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
pentatonic-scales
Lex ID
pentaton
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2775883487
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Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3955776
Quora topic ID
Pentatonic-Scale
Topic's main category
Category:Pentatonic scales
Vikidia article ID
fr:Gamme_pentatonique
YSO ID
30142
Österreichisches Musiklexikon Online ID
P/Pentatonik

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🔗 Connections
Derivative work 1
blues scale
Different from 1
pentachord
Subclass of 1
scale
Subtypes 1
Chinese pentatonic scale
← Based on 1
blues scale
← Different from 1
pentachord
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Summary

pentatonic scale is an interval system model[1]. It is a type of scale[2].

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  1. 4w ago · Fmadore007 · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of Congress Authorities ID → sh2002002627
    "Created claim: Library of Congress Authorities ID: sh2002002627, batch #290628"
  2. 25w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → scale
    Instance of → interval system model, pentad
    Derivative work → blues scale
    Topic's main category → Category:Pentatonic scales
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 30142, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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