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Equal-heptatonic scales are used in non-western music in African cultures as well as an integral part of early Thai and early Chinese music<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/art/African-music Donald Keith Robotham and Gerhard Kubik, ''African music'', Encyclopedia Britannica]</ref>. Also Georgian music seems to be based on near-equal 7-step scales. It has been speculated in "Indian music:history and structure", that the Indian three-sruti interval of 165 cents is close enough to be mistaken for 171 cents. (or 1.71 semitones). | Equal-heptatonic scales are used in non-western music in African cultures as well as an integral part of early Thai and early Chinese music<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/art/African-music Donald Keith Robotham and Gerhard Kubik, ''African music'', Encyclopedia Britannica]</ref>. Also Georgian music seems to be based on near-equal 7-step scales. It has been speculated in "Indian music:history and structure", that the Indian three-sruti interval of 165 cents is close enough to be mistaken for 171 cents. (or 1.71 semitones). | ||