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There exists a [[5L 2s]] scale in [[17edo|17ET]] which can sound similar to the 7 tone diatonic scale in [[12edo|12ET]], and can feel quite familiar on a guitar. With this in mind, improvising in 17ET can be fairly intuitive.  

Use the same step sizes: '''L L s L L L s''', where '''L''' is 3 tones (or 211.8 cents), and '''s''' is 1 tone (or 70.6 cents). 

If you tune your guitar to the standard fourths tuning, it looks like this: 

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 e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e |
 b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |   |   | b |
 g |   |   | a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e | f |   |   | g |
 d |   |   | e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |
 a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |
 e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e |
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