陽よう音おん階かい

noun

anhemitonic pentatonic scale

A pentatonic scale containing no semitones. Used in music theory, often contrasted with 陰音階 (the hemitonic pentatonic scale).

See also: 陰音階

• 陽よう音おん階かいは半はん音おんを含ふくまない五ご音おん音おん階かいである。

  The anhemitonic pentatonic scale is a five-note scale that contains no semitones.

• 日に本ほんの伝でん統とう音おん楽がくでは、陽よう音おん階かいと陰いん音おん階かいが区く別べつされる。

  In traditional Japanese music, a distinction is made between the anhemitonic and hemitonic pentatonic scales.