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	Musical traditions that make use of equiheptatonic scales include:		Musical traditions that make use of equiheptatonic scales include:
	* [[Georgian music]]		* [[Music of Georgia\|Georgian music]]
	* Eastern [[Angolan music]]		* Eastern [[Angolan music]]
	* Ancient [[Chinese music]]		* Ancient [[Chinese music]]

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	Musical traditions that make use of equiheptatonic scales include:		Musical traditions that make use of equiheptatonic scales include:
			* [[Georgian music]]
	* Eastern [[Angolan music]]		* Eastern [[Angolan music]]
	* Ancient [[Chinese music]]		* Ancient [[Chinese music]]

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	[[Category:7-tone scales]][[Category:7edo]][[Category:Traditions]]		[[Category:7-tone scales]][[Category:7edo]][[Category:Traditions]]
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	From the list it can be seen that edos with this type of ~~equipentatonic~~ scale are often [[runoff]] edos{{idiosyncratic}}, they are often [[dual-fifth]] edos and they often support [[flattone]], [[flattertone]], or a related temperament. None of these things are always true: just true more often than chance.		From the list it can be seen that edos with this type of equiheptatonic scale are often [[runoff]] edos{{idiosyncratic}}, they are often [[dual-fifth]] edos and they often support [[flattone]], [[flattertone]], or a related temperament. None of these things are always true: just true more often than chance.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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	From the list it can be seen that edos with this type of equipentatonic scale are often [[runoff]] edos{{idiosyncratic}}, they are often [[dual-fifth ~~edo~~]]s and they often support [[flattone]], [[flattertone]], or a related temperament. None of these things are always true: just true more often than chance.		From the list it can be seen that edos with this type of equipentatonic scale are often [[runoff]] edos{{idiosyncratic}}, they are often [[dual-fifth]] edos and they often support [[flattone]], [[flattertone]], or a related temperament. None of these things are always true: just true more often than chance.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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	For that reason, it might be more fruitful for composers to explore edos with equiheptatonic scales that share those characteristics. that is, after all, its own diverse array of subtly different equiheptatonic scales.		For that reason, it might be more fruitful for composers to explore edos with equiheptatonic scales that share those characteristics. that is, after all, its own diverse array of subtly different equiheptatonic scales.

			Such edos include:

	~~Such edos include:~~

	; 1edo to 40edo		; 1edo to 40edo

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	== Equiheptatonic scales in edos ==		== Equiheptatonic scales in edos ==

	All multiple-of-7 [[edo]]s ({{~~EDOS~~\|7, 14, 21, 28, 35…}}) contain the exactly equal 7edo equiheptatonic scale.		All multiple-of-7 [[edo]]s ({{EDOs\|7, 14, 21, 28, 35…}}) contain the exactly equal 7edo equiheptatonic scale.

	In most traditions that use them, equiheptatonic scales are slightly unequal and slightly closer to [[just]] (rarely slightly further from, but only by a tiny amount). There are a diverse array of those used in different regions.		In most traditions that use them, equiheptatonic scales are slightly unequal and slightly closer to [[just]] (rarely slightly further from, but only by a tiny amount). There are a diverse array of those used in different regions.

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	An exactly equal equiheptatonic scale equals '''[[7edo]]''', which is popular with modern Western xenharmonic composers.		An exactly equal equiheptatonic scale equals '''[[7edo]]''', which is popular with modern Western xenharmonic composers.

			== Equiheptatonic scales in edos ==

			All multiple-of-7 [[edo]]s ({{EDOS\|7, 14, 21, 28, 35…}}) contain the exactly equal 7edo equiheptatonic scale.

			In most traditions that use them, equiheptatonic scales are slightly unequal and slightly closer to [[just]] (rarely slightly further from, but only by a tiny amount). There are a diverse array of those used in different regions.

			For that reason, it might be more fruitful for composers to explore edos with equiheptatonic scales that share those characteristics. that is, after all, its own diverse array of subtly different equiheptatonic scales.


			Such edos include:

			; 1edo to 40edo
			{{EDOs\|26, 29, 33, 36, 38, 40}}


			; 41edo to 60edo
			{{EDOs\|43, 45, 47, 50, 52, 54, 57, 59}}


			; 61edo to 80edo
			{{EDOs\|61, 64, 66, 68, 71, 73, 75, 78, 80}}


			; 81edo to 100edo
			{{EDOs\|82, 85, 86, 87, 89, 92, 93, 94, 96, 99, 100}}


			From the list it can be seen that edos with this type of equipentatonic scale are often [[runoff]] edos{{idiosyncratic}}, they are often [[dual-fifth edo]]s and they often support [[flattone]], [[flattertone]], or a related temperament. None of these things are always true: just true more often than chance.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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	Musical traditions that make use of equiheptatonic scales include:		Musical traditions that make use of equiheptatonic scales include:
	* Eastern [[Angolan]] ~~music~~		* Eastern [[Angolan music]]
	* Ancient [[Chinese]] ~~music~~		* Ancient [[Chinese music]]
	* [[Ancient Greek]] auloi music		* [[Ancient Greek]] auloi music
	* [[Chopi]] ~~music~~ from ~~[[Mozambican\|~~Mozambique]] (inspired [[Erv Wilson]] to create the [[mavila]] temperament)		* [[Chopi music]] from Mozambique (inspired [[Erv Wilson]] to create the [[mavila]] temperament)
	* [[Mande]] ~~music~~ from West Africa		* [[Mande music]] from West Africa
	* [[Shona]] ~~music~~ from ~~[[Zimbabwean\|~~Zimbabwe]]		* [[Shona music]] from Zimbabwe
	* Lower [[Zambezi]] ~~music~~		* Lower [[Zambezi music]]
	** [[Nyungwe]] ~~music~~		** [[Nyungwe music]]
	* ''[[Cambodian]] ~~classical music~~ (disputed<ref name="Garzoli">Garzoli, John. [http://iftawm.org/journal/oldsite/articles/2015b/Garzoli_AAWM_Vol_4_2.pdf ''The Myth of Equidistance in Thai Tuning.'']</ref>)''		* ''[[Cambodian music\|Cambodian classical music]] (disputed<ref name="Garzoli">Garzoli, John. [http://iftawm.org/journal/oldsite/articles/2015b/Garzoli_AAWM_Vol_4_2.pdf ''The Myth of Equidistance in Thai Tuning.'']</ref>)''
	* ''[[Laotian]] ~~classical music~~ (disputed<ref name="Garzoli" />)''		* ''[[Laotian music\|Laotian classical music]] (disputed<ref name="Garzoli" />)''
	* ''[[Thai]] ~~classical music~~ (disputed<ref name="Garzoli" />)''		* ''[[Thai music\|Thai classical music]] (disputed<ref name="Garzoli" />)''
	* ''[[Vietnamese]] ~~classical music~~ (disputed<ref name="Garzoli" />)''		* ''[[Vietnamese music\|Vietnamese classical music]] (disputed<ref name="Garzoli" />)''
	Note that just because a tradition has an equiheptatonic scale doesn’t mean it uses it exclusively. They often have other tunings too. Also, the term “scale” here is used loosely, because many, perhaps the majority, of musical traditions don’t use scales, but use something else like [[tetrachord]]s, [[Indian\|raag]], etc. that scales can only loosely model.		Note that just because a tradition has an equiheptatonic scale doesn’t mean it uses it exclusively. They often have other tunings too. Also, the term “scale” here is used loosely, because many, perhaps the majority, of musical traditions don’t use scales, but use something else like [[tetrachord]]s, [[Indian\|raag]], etc. that scales can only loosely model.