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Other pentatonic scales may be found at: [[:Category:5-tone scales]].
Other pentatonic scales may be found at: [[:Category:5-tone scales]].


“Equipentatonic” scales are scales with 5 roughly equally spaced tones per [[octave]]. These occur in many tunings around the world, most notably [[slendro]] scales. They are usually not exactly equally spaces, but deviate from equal by small amounts.
“Equipentatonic” scales are scales with 5 roughly equally spaced tones per [[octave]]. These occur in many tunings around the world, most famously [[slendro]] scales. They are usually not exactly equally spaces, but deviate from equal by small amounts.


An exactly equal equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]], which is popular with modern Western xenharmonic composers. [[Sevish]] recommends it as a tuning for those newly exploring beyond [[12edo]].
An exactly equal equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]], which is popular with modern Western xenharmonic composers. [[Sevish]] recommends it as a tuning for those newly exploring beyond [[12edo]].