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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 [[tetrachord]]s, [[Indian|raag]], etc. that scales can only loosely model. | 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 [[tetrachord]]s, [[Indian|raag]], etc. that scales can only loosely model. | ||
An exactly equal equipentatonic scale | 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]]. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||