pentatonic scale: References & Edit History

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Modified link of Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Pentatonic Harmony. Oct 08, 2026
Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Pentatonic Harmony. Sep 11, 2025
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Psychology - Pentatonic sequences and monaural beats to facilitate relaxation: an EEG study. Nov 07, 2024
Add new Web site: VIVA Open Publishing - Open Music Theory - Pentatonic Harmony. Jul 15, 2024
Add new Web site: Liveabout - Five Positions of the Pentatonic Scale for Guitar. May 15, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Berkeley - Pulse - The Pentatonic Scale. Dec 23, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - The Pentatonic Scale. Sep 01, 2023
Video added. Mar 30, 2023
Final sentence, regarding pentatonicism, clarified. Jun 17, 2011
Added sound examples of the Korean kyemyŏnjo and ujo pentatonic scales, performed on the 12-string zither, kayagŭm. Jun 17, 2011
Added new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Pentatonic Scales. Apr 07, 2009
Added new Web site: Morten Gjermundsen - Major And Minor Pentatonic Scales. Mar 12, 2009
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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