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== Theory == | == Theory == | ||
[[File:7edo scale.mp3|thumb|A chromatic 7edo scale on C.]] | [[File:7edo scale.mp3|thumb|A chromatic 7edo scale on C.]] | ||
Equal-heptatonic scales are used in non-western music in African cultures as well as an integral part of 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 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). | ||
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A Ugandan Chopi xylophone measured by Haddon (1952) was also tuned to this system. | A Ugandan Chopi xylophone measured by Haddon (1952) was also tuned to this system. | ||
=== Prime harmonics === | |||
{{Harmonics in equal|7}} | |||
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7edo ear-training exercises by Alex Ness available [https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BwsXD8q2VCYUT3VEZUVmeVZUcmc&usp=drive_web#list here]. | 7edo ear-training exercises by Alex Ness available [https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BwsXD8q2VCYUT3VEZUVmeVZUcmc&usp=drive_web#list here]. | ||
[[Category:7-tone scales]] | [[Category:7-tone scales]] | ||
[[Category:Listen]] | [[Category:Listen]] | ||
[[Category:Macrotonal]] | [[Category:Macrotonal]] | ||