A pentatonic scale is made up of 5 notes, and can be hemitonic (containing half steps) or anhemitonic (not containing half steps).
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A pentatonic scale has 5 notes.
Pentatonic scales contain 5 notes, the same way a pentagon has 5 sides.
Any pentatonic scale contains 5 notes. "Penta" is a prefix meaning 5.
One difference between a whole tone scale and a pentatonic scale is that a whole tone scale has 6 notes per octave while a pentatonic scale has 5 notes per octave. Another major difference is that a whole tone scale has all adjacent notes a whole step apart, while a pentatonic scale does not consist entirely of whole steps, and since a pentatonic scale is only defined as a scale with 5 notes per octave, there are many pentatonic scales that are possible.
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A pentatonic scale has 5 notes.
Pentatonic scales contain 5 notes, the same way a pentagon has 5 sides.
Any pentatonic scale contains 5 notes. "Penta" is a prefix meaning 5.
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One difference between a whole tone scale and a pentatonic scale is that a whole tone scale has 6 notes per octave while a pentatonic scale has 5 notes per octave. Another major difference is that a whole tone scale has all adjacent notes a whole step apart, while a pentatonic scale does not consist entirely of whole steps, and since a pentatonic scale is only defined as a scale with 5 notes per octave, there are many pentatonic scales that are possible.
There are 7 notes in a heptatonic scale. Heptatonic scales are the major and all minor scales including the 7 diatonic scales which are those consisting of 5 whole steps and 2 half steps separated by either 2 or 3 whole steps.
1-2-2,5-3-5-7
Any modern major or minor scale has seven different notes. They can be played in one to as many as 5 octaves. So the number of notes depends on how many octaves you play.
The 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 degrees of a major scale. For example, an F pentatonic has the notes F, G, A, C and D.
The pentatonic scale has five notes. Starting from C, they are C D E G and A. It is a widely used scale in oriental music.
The pentatonic scale, which is also used in Asian music, the black keys on a piano form a pentatonic scale.