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5.1.8
Chinese Pentatonic Scale, Also Called the Mongolian Scale

The Chinese Pentatonic Scale (or Mongolian Scale) is the same as the major pentatonic scale. See Figure 23.

Also, the graphic below shows another scale widely used in China. This one is sometimes called the Lydian pentatonic. (Figure 29):

Chinese pentatonic musical scale, Mongolian scale, or major pentatonic musical scale.

FIGURE 29: Lydian Pentatonic Scale, Used in Chinese Music

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