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There's a scale in [[17edo|17ET]] which ~~sounds~~ 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 ~~very~~ intuitive.

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: ~~<code>~~L L s L L L s~~</code>~~, where ~~<code>~~L~~</code>~~ is 3 tones, and ~~<code>~~s~~</code>~~ is 1 tone.

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, it looks like this:

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

<~~code~~>

<tt>

: · · · · : · · · · :

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

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

: · · · · : · · · · :

</~~code~~>

</tt>

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-There's a scale in [[17edo|17ET]] which sounds 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 very intuitive.
+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: <code>L L s L L L s</code>, where <code>L</code> is 3 tones, and <code>s</code> is 1 tone.
+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, it looks like this:
+If you tune your guitar to the standard fourths tuning, it looks like this:
-<code>
+<tt>
   :               ·           ·           ·           ·               :               ·           ·           ·           ·               :
   e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e |
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   e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e |
   :               ·           ·           ·           ·               :               ·           ·           ·           ·               :
-</code>
+</tt>