[DOC] [TLE] Pentatonic scale - Wikipedia [PAR] A pentatonic scale is a musical scale or mode with five notes per octave in 
contrast to a ... Greek traditional music and polyphonic songs from Epirus in 
northwest ... the major pentatonic, using scale tones 1, 3, 4, 5, and 7 of the natural 
minor scale. .... Pentatonic instruments used include lyres, pentatonic flutes, and 
tone bars;... [DOC] [TLE] Music theory - Wikipedia [PAR] Music theory is the study of the practices and possibilities of music. "The term is 
used in three .... 4 See also; 5 Notes; 6 Sources; 7 Further reading; 8 External 
links ... The earliest texts about Chinese music theory are inscribed on the stone 
and ..... In traditional Western notation, the scale used for a composition is usually
... [DOC] [TLE] Diatonic scale - Wikipedia [PAR] In music theory, a diatonic scale is a heptatonic scale that includes five whole 
steps and two ... The word "diatonic" comes from the Greek , meaning 
progressing ... In musical set theory, Allen Forte classifies diatonic scales as set 
form 735. ... Depending on which of the seven notes is used as the beginning, 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Musical notation - Wikipedia [PAR] Music notation or musical notation is any system used to visually represent 
aurally perceived ... Ancient Greek musical notation was in use from at least the 
6th century BC .... Notes representing a pitch outside of the scope of the five line 
staff can be .... Gongche notation used Chinese characters for the names of the 
scale. [DOC] [TLE] scale | music | Britannica.com [PAR] In music, any graduated sequence of notes, tones, or intervals dividing what is ... 
a surprisingly small number of scale types predominate throughout the world. ... 
Pentatonic (five-note) scales are used more widely than any other scale 
formation. .... Chinese music (in Chinese music: Scales and modes); East Asian 
music (in... [DOC] [TLE] Music Theory/Scales and Intervals - Wikibooks, open books for an ... [PAR] A musical scale is a set of notes, usually not arbitrary, of which most notes in a 
piece of music might be chosen. ... 5, perfect fourth, augmented third ... The 
compound intervals work by following the same five rules as the simple ..... The 
whole-tone scale was used widely by impressionists to create a floating, ethereal 
sound. [DOC] [TLE] The Musical Scale [PAR] A description of musical scales, western and non-western, modern and primative. 
... This scale dates back to the Greek philosopher, and supposedly relates to ... 
Most Chinese music is based on the five-tone, or pentatonic, scale, but the ... use 
pentatonic scales, which "are the most widely used musical scales in the world. [DOC] [TLE] Dolmetsch Online - Music Theory Online - Notes, Harmonies & Scales [PAR] About the origin of the diatonic scale, the ancient Greek music theoretician, ... and 
the oldest (presbyteron); this is the type that the human voice naturally finds" (
Harmonic ..... Locrian: Minor Seventh Flat Five : VIImi7(flat 5) (also: Gb/C, Db/C ) 
..... the pentatonic scale is used widely also in jazz, blues, rock and classical 
music. [DOC] [TLE] Musical Scales [Archive] - Straight Dope Message Board [PAR] Ancient Greek music followed a different scale logic, Gregorian chants ... Well, 
the Chinese, IIRC, came up with the pentatonic scale (now widely used in jazz) ... 
I mean, if we heard a Chinese 5 tone scale could we just add the next .... The 
pentatonic scale means the octave is divided up into five notes, say,... [DOC] [TLE] Scales and Modes: Part 3, Pentatonic Scales - Scott August [PAR] Native American flute music by scott august. ... Yet very few people know very 
much beyond the fact that Pent is Greek for five. Even though this is the limit of 
most ... The most widely used types of pentatonic scales are called a anhemitonic 
scales. ... 1-2-3-5-6- F#=1-2-

Question: From the Greek for "five", this type of 5-note scale is used widely in Chinese music
Answer: pentatonic