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	A '''pentatonic ~~scale~~''' is a [[scale]] with 5 tones per [[~~period~~]]. It is one of the most commonly used types of scale in the world.		{{Wikipedia\|Pentatonic scale}}
			A '''pentatonic''' scale is a [[scale]] with 5 tones per [[equave]]. It is one of the most commonly used types of scale in the world. The familiar major and minor pentatonic scales are modes of the [[2L 3s]] [[mos scale]].

	* The familiar major and minor pentatonic scales ~~are modes of the~~ [[~~2L 3s~~]] [[~~MOS~~]] ~~scale~~.		Pentatonic mos scales may be found at [[Pentatonic MOS]]. Other pentatonic scales may be found at [[:Category: 5-tone scales]].

	* Pentatonic MOS scales ~~may be found at:~~ [[~~Pentatonic MOS~~]].		[[Equipentatonic]] scales are scales with 5 ''roughly equally'' spaced tones per [[octave]], common in some musical traditions. The exactly equal form of the equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]].

	* Other pentatonic scales may be found at: [[:Category:5-tone scales]].		5 equal frequency divisions instead of pitch gives a pentatonic [[overtone scale]], the first mode of [[5afdo]].

	* [[Equipentatonic]] scales are scales with 5 ''roughly equally'' spaced tones per [[octave]], common in some musical traditions. The exactly equal form of the equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]].

	* 5 equal frequency divisions instead of pitch gives a pentatonic [[overtone scale]], the first mode of [[5afdo]].

	Pentatonic scales may sometimes be used as chords rather than scales, in which case they are called [[pentad]]s.		Pentatonic scales may sometimes be used as chords rather than scales, in which case they are called [[pentad]]s.
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	A '''pentatonic scale''' is a [[scale]] with 5 tones per [[period]]. It is one of the most commonly used types of scale ~~[[Approaches to Musical Tuning\|~~in the world]].		A '''pentatonic scale''' is a [[scale]] with 5 tones per [[period]]. It is one of the most commonly used types of scale in the world.

	~~Pentatonic~~ [[~~MOS scale~~]]~~s may be found at:~~ [[~~Pentatonic~~ MOS]].		* The familiar major and minor pentatonic scales are modes of the [[2L 3s]] [[MOS]] scale.

	~~Other pentatonic~~ scales may be found at: [[~~:Category:5-tone scales~~]].		* Pentatonic MOS scales may be found at: [[Pentatonic MOS]].

	~~Pentatonic~~ scales may ~~sometimes~~ be ~~used as chords rather than~~ scales, in ~~which case they are called~~ [[~~pentad~~]]s.		* Other pentatonic scales may be found at: [[:Category:5-tone scales]].

			* [[Equipentatonic]] scales are scales with 5 ''roughly equally'' spaced tones per [[octave]], common in some musical traditions. The exactly equal form of the equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]].

	~~[[Equipentatonic]] scales are scales with~~ 5 ~~''roughly equally'' spaced tones per~~ [[~~octave~~]], ~~common in some musical traditions. The exactly equal form~~ of ~~the equipentatonic scale is~~ [[~~5edo~~]].		* 5 equal frequency divisions instead of pitch gives a pentatonic [[overtone scale]], the first mode of [[5afdo]].

	~~5 equal frequency divisions instead of pitch gives the pentatonic [[overtone scale]]~~, ~~the first mode of~~ [[~~5afdo~~]].		Pentatonic scales may sometimes be used as chords rather than scales, in which case they are called [[pentad]]s.

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

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	A '''pentatonic scale''' is a [[scale]] with 5 tones per [[~~equave~~]]. It is one of the most commonly used types of scale [[Approaches to Musical Tuning\|in the world]].		A '''pentatonic scale''' is a [[scale]] with 5 tones per [[period]]. It is one of the most commonly used types of scale [[Approaches to Musical Tuning\|in the world]].

	Pentatonic [[MOS scale]]s may be found at: [[Pentatonic MOS]].		Pentatonic [[MOS scale]]s may be found at: [[Pentatonic MOS]].

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	[[Equipentatonic]] scales are scales with 5 ''roughly equally'' spaced tones per [[octave]], common in some musical traditions. The exactly equal form of the equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]].		[[Equipentatonic]] scales are scales with 5 ''roughly equally'' spaced tones per [[octave]], common in some musical traditions. The exactly equal form of the equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]].

	5 equal frequency divisions instead of pitch gives the pentatonic [[overtone scale]] ~~named~~ [[5afdo]].		5 equal frequency divisions instead of pitch gives the pentatonic [[overtone scale]], the first mode of [[5afdo]].

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

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	[[Equipentatonic]] scales are scales with 5 ''roughly equally'' spaced tones per [[octave]], common in some musical traditions. The exactly equal form of the equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]].		[[Equipentatonic]] scales are scales with 5 ''roughly equally'' spaced tones per [[octave]], common in some musical traditions. The exactly equal form of the equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]].

			5 equal frequency divisions instead of pitch gives the pentatonic [[overtone scale]] named [[5afdo]].

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

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	Pentatonic scales may sometimes be used as chords rather than scales, in which case they are called [[pentad]]s.		Pentatonic scales may sometimes be used as chords rather than scales, in which case they are called [[pentad]]s.

	[[Equipentatonic]] scales are scales with 5 roughly equally spaced tones per [[octave]], common in some musical traditions. The exactly equal form of the equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]].		[[Equipentatonic]] scales are scales with 5 ''roughly equally'' spaced tones per [[octave]], common in some musical traditions. The exactly equal form of the equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]].

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

BudjarnLambeth at 03:36, 17 November 2024

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	Pentatonic scales may sometimes be used as chords rather than scales, in which case they are called [[pentad]]s.		Pentatonic scales may sometimes be used as chords rather than scales, in which case they are called [[pentad]]s.

	~~“Equipentatonic”~~ scales are scales with 5 roughly equally spaced tones per [[octave]]~~. They are usually not exactly equally spaced, but deviate from equal by small amounts~~, ~~usually to improve the tuning of [[3/1]].~~		[[Equipentatonic]] scales are scales with 5 roughly equally spaced tones per [[octave]], common in some musical traditions. The exactly equal form of the equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]].

	~~Musical traditions that make use of equipentatonic scales include:~~
	* [[Aka]] music from Central Africa
	* Indonesian [[gamelan]] music ([[slendro]] scales)
	* Southern [[Ugandan]] music
	** [[Baganda]] music
	Note that just because a tradition has an equipentatonic scale doesn’t mean it uses it exclusively. Indonesian gamelan for example uses equipentatonic slendro scales, but also far-from-equal [[pelog]] scales 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 tetrachords, raag, etc~~. ~~that scales can only loosely model.~~

	An exactly equal equipentatonic scale is [[5edo~~]], which is popular with modern Western xenharmonic composers. [[Sevish]] recommends 5edo as a tuning for those newly exploring beyond [[12edo~~]].

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

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	* Indonesian [[gamelan]] music ([[slendro]] scales)		* Indonesian [[gamelan]] music ([[slendro]] scales)
	* Southern [[Ugandan]] music		* Southern [[Ugandan]] music
			** [[Baganda]] music
	Note that just because a tradition has an equipentatonic scale doesn’t mean it uses it exclusively. Indonesian gamelan for example uses equipentatonic slendro scales, but also far-from-equal [[pelog]] scales 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 tetrachords, raag, etc. that scales can only loosely model.		Note that just because a tradition has an equipentatonic scale doesn’t mean it uses it exclusively. Indonesian gamelan for example uses equipentatonic slendro scales, but also far-from-equal [[pelog]] scales 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 tetrachords, raag, etc. that scales can only loosely model.

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	An exactly equal equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]], which is popular with modern Western xenharmonic composers. [[Sevish]] recommends 5edo as a tuning for those newly exploring beyond [[12edo]].		An exactly equal equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]], which is popular with modern Western xenharmonic composers. [[Sevish]] recommends 5edo as a tuning for those newly exploring beyond [[12edo]].

			== See also ==
			* [[Hexatonic]]

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