gapped scale

Noun
  1. A musical scale with fewer than seven notes (synset 106874365)
    is a type of: musical scale, scale - (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
    subtypes: pentatone, pentatonic scale - a gapped scale with five notes; usually the fourth and seventh notes of the diatonic scale are omitted

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