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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]] | “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. | ||
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. | An exactly equal equiheptatonic scale is [[7edo]], which is popular with modern Western xenharmonic composers. |