What is a pentatonic scale?

In order: palace-business-angle-sign-feather; If arranged in pitch order, it is: 1 2 3 5 6 Gong Shang Jiao Qian (zhǐ) feather. "Harmony, division, b, tardiness and fairness" were used in the Tang Dynasty.

Pentaphonic scale is usually called pentatonic scale and pentatonic scale in ancient literature. China's traditional music theory often reveals the modern concept of "scale" from different angles such as sound, rhythm and sound.

brief introduction

Usually, the music we know consists of seven notes, which are called "C, D, E, F, G, A, B" by fixed sound names, "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7" by notation, and "do, re, mi, fa, 7" by volume names. The fifth octave of the seventh scale plus five semitones becomes the scale of 12, and the pentatonic scale is more commonly used in China traditional folk music. Although it only uses five notes, it has a unique charm.

China's traditional music theory reveals the connotation of the modern concept "scale" from different angles such as sound, rhythm and sound. In the traditional national mode, there are five kinds of tonic tones that are commonly used, namely, male, upper, angular, positive and Yu, which are equivalent to "duo, heat, mi, sol and la" in the first mode, and are called pentatonic scale. The word "five tones" first appeared in "Zhou Li Chun Guan": "All words are written in five tones, and palace merchants seek feathers. The pentatonic scale of "Er" was first seen in Mencius and Li Lou: "A pentatonic scale cannot be correct without six tones. "