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Use the same step sizes: <code>L L s L L L s</code>, where <code>L</code> is 3 tones, and <code>s</code> is 1 tone.  
Use the same step sizes: <code>L L s L L L s</code>, where <code>L</code> is 3 tones, and <code>s</code> is 1 tone.  


If you tune your guitar to the usual fourths, it looks like this:  
If you tune your guitar to the standard fourths, it looks like this:  


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Revision as of 07:28, 5 October 2018

There's a scale in 17ET which sounds similar to the 7 tone diatonic scale in 12ET, and can feel quite familiar on a guitar. With this in mind, improvising in 17ET can be very intuitive.

Use the same step sizes: L L s L L L s, where L is 3 tones, and s is 1 tone.

If you tune your guitar to the standard fourths, it looks like this:

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e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e |
b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |   |   | b |
g |   |   | a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e | f |   |   | g |
d |   |   | e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |
a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |
e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e | f |   |   | g |   |   | a |   |   | b | c |   |   | d |   |   | e |
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