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pentatonism

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[pen-tuh-toh-niz-uhm, -to-] / ˈpɛn tə toʊˌnɪz əm, -tɒ- /

Also pentatonicism

noun

Music.

the use of a five-tone scale.

Etymology

Origin of pentatonism

1965–70; pentaton(ic scale) ( def. ) + -ism

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