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'''Pre-Columbian South American music''' is loosely based around a [[2L_3s|pentatonic]] scale.{{Citation needed}} Whether or not this scale deviates from the contemporary [[12edo|12-equal]] pentatonic scale is up for debate, though there is much speculation and research indicating that the Natives did not strictly adhere to a single fixed-tuning of this pentatonic scale.{{Citation needed}}
'''Pre-Columbian South American music''' is loosely based around a [[pentatonic]] scale.{{Citation needed}} Whether or not this scale deviates from the contemporary [[2L 3s]] pentatonic scale in [[12edo]] is up for debate{{Citation needed}}, though there is much speculation and research indicating that pre-Columbian musicians did not strictly adhere to a single fixed-tuning of this pentatonic scale.{{Citation needed}}


== Multimedia sources ==
== Multimedia sources ==
=== South American music ===
=== South American music ===
* [https://dolsenmusic.com/books/el-dorado/ Music of El Dorado] (audio examples)
* [https://dolsenmusic.com/books/el-dorado/ ''Music of El Dorado''] (audio examples)
* [http://mcis2.princeton.edu/jaguar/jaguar.html Music from the Land of the Jaguar] (audio and pictures)
* [http://mcis2.princeton.edu/jaguar/jaguar.html ''Music from the Land of the Jaguar''] (audio and pictures)
=== Mesoamerican music ===
=== Mesoamerican music ===
* [https://folkways.si.edu/jorje-daher/pre-columbian-instruments-of-mexico/american-indian-music-instruction-world/album/smithsonian Jorje Daher, ''Pre-Columbian Instruments of Mexico''] (1972) (audio)
* [https://folkways.si.edu/jorje-daher/pre-columbian-instruments-of-mexico/american-indian-music-instruction-world/album/smithsonian Jorje Daher, ''Pre-Columbian Instruments of Mexico''] (1972) (audio)
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* Archaeology, Inc. ''Secrets of the Maya''. New York: Hather-leigh Press (2003)
* Archaeology, Inc. ''Secrets of the Maya''. New York: Hather-leigh Press (2003)
* [https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/pre-columbian-music-mesoamerica ''Pre-Columbian Music Of Mesoamerica'' - Encyclopedia.com] (2024)
* [https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/pre-columbian-music-mesoamerica ''Pre-Columbian Music Of Mesoamerica'' - Encyclopedia.com] (2024)
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalMusicTheory/wiki/aztecmusictheory/ r/GlobalMusicTheory Aztec reading list]
=== General ===
=== General ===
* Robert Stevenson, ''Music in Aztec and Inca Territory'' (1968)
* Robert Stevenson, ''Music in Aztec and Inca Territory'' (1968)
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