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Other heptatonic scales may be found at: [[:Category:7-tone scales]]. | Other heptatonic scales may be found at: [[:Category:7-tone scales]]. | ||
“Equiheptatonic” scales are scales with 7 roughly equally spaced tones per [[octave]]. They are usually not exactly equally spaced, but deviate from equal by small amounts. | “Equiheptatonic” scales are scales with 7 roughly equally spaced tones per [[octave]]. They are usually not exactly equally spaced, but deviate from equal by small amounts, often to improve the tuning of [[3/1]] and [[5/1]]. | ||
Musical traditions that make use of equiheptatonic scales include: | Musical traditions that make use of equiheptatonic scales include: | ||
Revision as of 03:15, 17 November 2024
A heptatonic scale, occasionally called a septatonic scale is a scale with 7 tones per equave.
Heptatonic MOS scales may be found at: Heptatonic MOS.
Other heptatonic scales may be found at: Category:7-tone scales.
“Equiheptatonic” scales are scales with 7 roughly equally spaced tones per octave. They are usually not exactly equally spaced, but deviate from equal by small amounts, often to improve the tuning of 3/1 and 5/1.
Musical traditions that make use of equiheptatonic scales include:
- Eastern Angolan music
- Cambodian classical music
- Ancient Greek auloi music
- Laotian classical music
- Thai classical music
- Vietnamese classical music
- Lower Zambezi music
- Nyungwe music
An exactly equal equiheptatonic scale is 7edo, which is popular with modern Western xenharmonic composers.