pentatonicadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌpɛntəˈtɒnɪk/, U.S.

/ˌpɛn(t)əˈtɑnɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: penta- comb. form, tonic adj.

Etymology: < penta- comb. form + tonic adj. (see quot. 1864 at sense A.).

Music.

A. adj.

Consisting of five notes or sounds; designating a form of scale without semitones (often equivalent to the ordinary major scale with the fourth and seventh omitted).Pentatonic scales are thought to have been widely used in ancient music, and are now used in the classical music of many non-Western cultures. Pentatonic scales are also found in various styles of popular folk melody; cf. Scotch scale n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 2.

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chromatic1603

octachordala1661

octachord1761

hendecachordal1842

tritonous1847

pentatonic1864

pentaphonic1881

melodic1889

heptatonic1890

gapped1910

twelve-tone1926

twelve-note1928

hexatonic1930

octatonic1963

1864 C. Engel Music Most Anc. Nations 124 A scale..consisting of only five tones, wherefore I have given it the name of Pentatonic Scale.

1887 ‘L. Scott’ Tuscan Stud. (1888) ii. iv. 222 The ancient scale being pentatonic, i.e. five notes, leaving out our fourth and seventh.

1891 Athenæum 12 Dec. 807/2 India..differs, as Europe differs, from the pentatonic and heptatonic scales of the Chinese and Indo-Chinese.

1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! v. 289 Although the scales of folk music may vary from the simple pentatonic scales of the Hebridean to the complicated ragas of the Hindu, the same outlook on tonality is implied.

1995 D. M. Flinn Fearful Summons 155 A twenty-first-century blend of synthesized sounds and harsh percussive beats revolving vaguely around a pentatonic scale.

B. n.

A pentatonic scale.Quot. 1909 may be interpreted as adjectival.

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hendecachord1761

pentachord1786

Scotch scale1786

maqam1793

pelog1817

harmonic scale1880

whole-tone scale1900

pentatonic1909

harmonic series1910

blues scale1939

1909 F. R. Burton Amer. Primitive Mus. ii. 41 This scale is not what is generally known as the pentatonic, although it consists of the same tones.

1928 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 3) IV. 100/2 If we continue..to call them gaps, we may notice that they always occur at the interval of a fourth, (or fifth); and that is the distinguishing mark of the true pentatonic.

1936 E. Blom et al. tr. A. Einstein Short Hist. Mus. 5 In China the development from the non-semitonal to the seven-note scale is certainly traceable, even though the old pentatonic always remained the foundation of its music.

2001 New Grove Dict. Music (Electronic ed.) (at cited word) One may further refine the notion of the pentatonic by recognizing the distinctiveness of the scale's minor third ‘steps’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pentatonic
释义	pentatonicadj.n. Brit. /ˌpɛntəˈtɒnɪk/, U.S. /ˌpɛn(t)əˈtɑnɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: penta- comb. form, tonic adj. Etymology: < penta- comb. form + tonic adj. (see quot. 1864 at sense A.). Music. A. adj. Consisting of five notes or sounds; designating a form of scale without semitones (often equivalent to the ordinary major scale with the fourth and seventh omitted).Pentatonic scales are thought to have been widely used in ancient music, and are now used in the classical music of many non-Western cultures. Pentatonic scales are also found in various styles of popular folk melody; cf. Scotch scale n. at Scotch adj. and n.³ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [adjective] > other scales chromatic1603 octachordala1661 octachord1761 hendecachordal1842 tritonous1847 pentatonic1864 pentaphonic1881 melodic1889 heptatonic1890 gapped1910 twelve-tone1926 twelve-note1928 hexatonic1930 octatonic1963 1864 C. Engel Music Most Anc. Nations 124 A scale..consisting of only five tones, wherefore I have given it the name of Pentatonic Scale. 1887 ‘L. Scott’ Tuscan Stud. (1888) ii. iv. 222 The ancient scale being pentatonic, i.e. five notes, leaving out our fourth and seventh. 1891 Athenæum 12 Dec. 807/2 India..differs, as Europe differs, from the pentatonic and heptatonic scales of the Chinese and Indo-Chinese. 1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! v. 289 Although the scales of folk music may vary from the simple pentatonic scales of the Hebridean to the complicated ragas of the Hindu, the same outlook on tonality is implied. 1995 D. M. Flinn Fearful Summons 155 A twenty-first-century blend of synthesized sounds and harsh percussive beats revolving vaguely around a pentatonic scale. B. n. A pentatonic scale.Quot. 1909 may be interpreted as adjectival. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > other scales hendecachord1761 pentachord1786 Scotch scale1786 maqam1793 pelog1817 harmonic scale1880 whole-tone scale1900 pentatonic1909 harmonic series1910 blues scale1939 1909 F. R. Burton Amer. Primitive Mus. ii. 41 This scale is not what is generally known as the pentatonic, although it consists of the same tones. 1928 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 3) IV. 100/2 If we continue..to call them gaps, we may notice that they always occur at the interval of a fourth, (or fifth); and that is the distinguishing mark of the true pentatonic. 1936 E. Blom et al. tr. A. Einstein Short Hist. Mus. 5 In China the development from the non-semitonal to the seven-note scale is certainly traceable, even though the old pentatonic always remained the foundation of its music. 2001 New Grove Dict. Music (Electronic ed.) (at cited word) One may further refine the notion of the pentatonic by recognizing the distinctiveness of the scale's minor third ‘steps’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1864
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