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	~~Africa is~~, ~~of course~~, ~~a big continent~~.		Each of these traditions deserves its own page, but until an editor with expertise in these traditions arrives to give them the coverage they deserve, they will be briefly discussed here with external sources given for further reading.

	The [[Wagogo]] people of central [[Tanzanian\|Tanzania]] use a [[pentatonic]] scale 1/1 - 9/8 - 5/4 - 3/2 - 7/4 ([[Overtone scale\|harmonics 5 through 10]], similar to [[5afdo]]) in all their songs and all their instruments. Instruments include: [[kalimba]], harp, fiddle, [[marimba]], hand drum. Vocals tend to have parallel harmonies, singing at a distance of a [[penta-third]]. Hukwe Zawose is a well-known Wagogo musician.		The [[Wagogo]] people of central [[Tanzanian\|Tanzania]] use a [[pentatonic]] scale 1/1 - 9/8 - 5/4 - 3/2 - 7/4 ([[Overtone scale\|harmonics 5 through 10]], similar to [[5afdo]]) in all their songs and all their instruments. Instruments include: [[kalimba]], harp, fiddle, [[marimba]], hand drum. Vocals tend to have parallel harmonies, singing at a distance of a [[penta-third]]. Hukwe Zawose is a well-known Wagogo musician.