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Musical traditions that often make use of equipentatonic scales include:

* [[Aka music|Aka]] music from Central Africa

* [[Dagarti music|Dagarti]], [[Lobi music|Lobi]] and [[Senufo music|Senufo]] music from West Africa

* Indonesian [[gamelan]] music ([[slendro]] scales)

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

Many equipentatonic scales can be considered [[omniconsonant scale]]s.

== Equipentatonic scales in edos ==

All multiple-of-5 [[edo]]s ({{~~EDOS~~|5, 10, 15, 20, 25…}}) contain the exactly equal 5edo equipentatonic scale.

All multiple-of-5 [[edo]]s ({{EDOs|5, 10, 15, 20, 25…}}) contain the exactly equal 5edo equipentatonic scale.

In most traditions that use them, equipentatonic 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, equipentatonic scales are slightly unequal and slightly closer to [[just]] (rarely slightly further from, but only by a tiny amount).~~ For that reason, it might be more fruitful for composers to explore edos with equipentatonic scales that share those characteristics.

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

Such edos include:

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

== See also ==

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[[Category:5-tone scales]] [[Category:5edo]] [[Category:Traditions]]

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 Musical traditions that often make use of equipentatonic scales include:
-* [[Aka music|Aka]] music from Central Africa
 * [[Dagarti music|Dagarti]], [[Lobi music|Lobi]] and [[Senufo music|Senufo]] music from West Africa
 * Indonesian [[gamelan]] music ([[slendro]] scales)
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 An exactly equal equipentatonic scale equals '''[[5edo]]''', which is popular with modern Western xenharmonic composers. [[Sevish]] recommends 5edo as a tuning for those newly exploring beyond [[12edo]].
+Many equipentatonic scales can be considered [[omniconsonant scale]]s.
 == Equipentatonic scales in edos ==
-All multiple-of-5 [[edo]]s ({{EDOS|5, 10, 15, 20, 25…}}) contain the exactly equal 5edo equipentatonic scale.
+All multiple-of-5 [[edo]]s ({{EDOs|5, 10, 15, 20, 25…}}) contain the exactly equal 5edo equipentatonic scale.
+In most traditions that use them, equipentatonic 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, equipentatonic scales are slightly unequal and slightly closer to [[just]] (rarely slightly further from, but only by a tiny amount). For that reason, it might be more fruitful for composers to explore edos with equipentatonic scales that share those characteristics.
+For that reason, it might be more fruitful for composers to explore edos with equipentatonic scales that share those characteristics: that is, after all, its own diverse array of subtly different equipentatonic scales.
 Such edos include:
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-From the list it can be seen that edos with this type of equipentatonic scale are often [[runoff]] edos{{ifiosyncratic}}, they are often [[dual-fifth edo]]s and they often support [[superpyth]] 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 [[superpyth]] or a related temperament. None of these things are always true: just  true more often than chance.
 == See also ==
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 [[Category:5-tone scales]] [[Category:5edo]] [[Category:Traditions]]
+{{todo|Cultural expertise}}