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Other pentatonic scales may be found at: [[:Category:5-tone scales]].

~~“Equipentatonic”~~ scales ~~are~~ scales ~~with 5 roughly equally spaced tones per [[octave]]. These occur~~ in ~~many tunings around the world, most famously~~ [[~~slendro~~]] ~~scales. They are usually not exactly equally spaced, but deviate from equal by small amounts~~.

Pentatonic scales may sometimes be used as chords rather than scales, in which case they are called [[pentad]]s.

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

“Equipentatonic” scales are scales with 5 roughly equally spaced tones per [[octave]]. They are usually not exactly equally spaced, but deviate from equal by small amounts, usually to improve the tuning of [[3/1]].

Musical traditions that make use of equipentatonic scales include:

* [[Aka]] music from Central Africa

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

* Southern [[Ugandan]] music

Note that just because a tradition has an equipentatonic scale doesn’t mean it uses it exclusively. Indonesian gamelan for example uses equipentatonic slendro scales, but also far-from-equal [[pelog]] scales too. Also, the term “scale” here is used loosely, because many, perhaps the majority, of musical traditions don’t use scales, but use something else like tetrachords, raag, etc. that scales can only loosely model.

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

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 Other pentatonic scales may be found at: [[:Category:5-tone scales]].
-“Equipentatonic” scales are scales with 5 roughly equally spaced tones per [[octave]]. These occur in many tunings around the world, most famously [[slendro]] scales. They are usually not exactly equally spaced, but deviate from equal by small amounts.
+Pentatonic scales may sometimes be used as chords rather than scales, in which case they are called [[pentad]]s.
-An exactly equal equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]], which is popular with modern Western xenharmonic composers. [[Sevish]] recommends it as a tuning for those newly exploring beyond [[12edo]].
+“Equipentatonic” scales are scales with 5 roughly equally spaced tones per [[octave]]. They are usually not exactly equally spaced, but deviate from equal by small amounts, usually to improve the tuning of [[3/1]].
+Musical traditions that make use of equipentatonic scales include:
+* [[Aka]] music from Central Africa
+* Indonesian [[gamelan]] music ([[slendro]] scales)
+* Southern [[Ugandan]] music
+Note that just because a tradition has an equipentatonic scale doesn’t mean it uses it exclusively. Indonesian gamelan for example uses equipentatonic slendro scales, but also far-from-equal [[pelog]] scales too. Also, the term “scale” here is used loosely, because many, perhaps the majority, of musical traditions don’t use scales, but use something else like tetrachords, raag, etc. that scales can only loosely model.
+An exactly equal equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]], which is popular with modern Western xenharmonic composers. [[Sevish]] recommends 5edo as a tuning for those newly exploring beyond [[12edo]].
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