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Pentatonic scales may sometimes be used as chords rather than scales, in which case they are called [[pentad]]s.
Pentatonic scales may sometimes be used as chords rather than scales, in which case they are called [[pentad]]s.


“Equipentatonic” scales are scales with 5 roughly equally spaced tones per [[octave]]. They are usually not exactly equally spaced, but deviate from equal by small amounts, usually to improve the tuning of [[3/1]].
[[Equipentatonic]] scales are scales with 5 roughly equally spaced tones per [[octave]], common in some musical traditions. The exactly equal form of the equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]].
 
Musical traditions that make use of equipentatonic scales include:
* [[Aka]] music from Central Africa
* Indonesian [[gamelan]] music ([[slendro]] scales)
* Southern [[Ugandan]] music
** [[Baganda]] music
Note that just because a tradition has an equipentatonic scale doesn’t mean it uses it exclusively. Indonesian gamelan for example uses equipentatonic slendro scales, but also far-from-equal [[pelog]] scales too. Also, the term “scale” here is used loosely, because many, perhaps the majority, of musical traditions don’t use scales, but use something else like tetrachords, raag, etc. that scales can only loosely model.
 
An exactly equal equipentatonic scale is [[5edo]], which is popular with modern Western xenharmonic composers. [[Sevish]] recommends 5edo as a tuning for those newly exploring beyond [[12edo]].


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 03:36, 17 November 2024

A pentatonic scale is a scale with 5 tones per equave. It is one of the most commonly used types of scale in the world.

Pentatonic MOS scales may be found at: Pentatonic MOS.

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

Pentatonic scales may sometimes be used as chords rather than scales, in which case they are called pentads.

Equipentatonic scales are scales with 5 roughly equally spaced tones per octave, common in some musical traditions. The exactly equal form of the equipentatonic scale is 5edo.

See also

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