source file: m1349.txt
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 15:13:32 -0500

Subject: 7TET

From: "Paul H. Erlich" <PErlich@Acadian-Asset.com>

>}My favorite equal tempered scale is 7TET.  It is a challenge because it
>}has so few tones but yet is unexplainably very interesting.
>
>Are you aware that traditional Thai (Siamese) music is performed in 7TET? The
>music uses pentatonic melodies and modulation (usually by fourth or fifth).
>Modulation is the primary reason any culture adopts equal temperament (I'm
>not sure if any of the African 5TET cultures employ modulation). A 20th
>century Thai style has developed that uses all 7 tones in the melody --
>analogous to the 12-tone style in the West.