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Other heptatonic scales may be found at: [[:Category:7-tone scales]]. | Other heptatonic scales may be found at: [[:Category:7-tone scales]]. | ||
“Equiheptatonic” scales are scales with 7 roughly equally spaced tones per [[octave]]. These occur in many tunings around the world, including some [[African]] scales{{who}}. They are usually not exactly equally spaced, but deviate from equal by small amounts. | |||
An exactly equal equiheptatonic scale is [[7edo]], which is popular with modern Western xenharmonic composers. | |||
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