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An essential musical culture (or family of musical cultures) of Africa is the [[Arabic,_Turkish,_Persian|arabic]] one, for which there is a separate page. A brief overview of non-arabic African musical cultures: | An essential musical culture (or family of musical cultures) of Africa is the [[Arabic,_Turkish,_Persian|arabic]] one, for which there is a separate page. A brief overview of non-arabic African musical cultures: | ||
The Wagogo people of central Tanzania use a pentatonic scale 1/1 - 9/8 - 5/4 - 3/2 - 7/4 ([[Overtone scale|harmonics 5 through 10]]) in all their songs and all their instruments. Instruments: [[kalimba]], harp, fiddle, [[marimba]], hand drum. Vocals tend to have parallel harmonies, singing at a distance of a "penta-third"{{clarify}}. | The Wagogo people of central Tanzania use a pentatonic scale 1/1 - 9/8 - 5/4 - 3/2 - 7/4 ([[Overtone scale|harmonics 5 through 10]]) in all their songs and all their instruments. Instruments: [[kalimba]], harp, fiddle, [[marimba]], hand drum. Vocals tend to have parallel harmonies, singing at a distance of a "penta-third"{{clarify}}. Hukwe Zawose is a well-known Wagogo musician. | ||
Many cultures use a [[5-edo]] (equipentatonic to ethnomusicologists) or near-5-edo tuning: | Many cultures use a [[5-edo]] (equipentatonic to ethnomusicologists) or near-5-edo tuning: | ||