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They are usually not exactly equally spaced, but deviate from equal by small amounts, usually to improve the tuning of [[3/1]]. | They are usually not exactly equally spaced, but deviate from equal by small amounts, usually to improve the tuning of [[3/1]]. | ||
Musical traditions that make use of equipentatonic scales include: | Musical traditions that often make use of equipentatonic scales include: | ||
* [[Aka]] music from Central Africa | * [[Aka music|Aka]] music from Central Africa | ||
* [[Dagarti]], [[Lobi]] and [[Senufo]] music from West Africa | * [[Dagarti music|Dagarti]], [[Lobi music|Lobi]] and [[Senufo music|Senufo]] music from West Africa | ||
* Indonesian [[gamelan]] music ([[slendro]] scales) | * Indonesian [[gamelan]] music ([[slendro]] scales) | ||
* Southern [[Ugandan]] | * Southern [[Ugandan music]] | ||
** [[Baganda]] | ** [[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 [[tetrachord]]s, [[Indian|raag]], etc. that scales can only loosely model. | 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 [[tetrachord]]s, [[Indian|raag]], etc. that scales can only loosely model. | ||