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gapped scale

DEFINITIONS OF: gapped scale

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n a musical scale with fewer than seven notes

Types:
pentatone, pentatonic scale
a gapped scale with five notes; usually the fourth and seventh notes of the diatonic scale are omitted
Type of:
musical scale, scale
(music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
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