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THERE is a widespread impression that African music follows principles which are completely outside European tonal conceptions. Accurate data, however, which would enable students of exotic music to clarify this issue, are very rare. It is therefore of interest that it has been possible to demonstrate an equal-stepped pentatonic tuning in Uganda.
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WACHSMANN, K. An Equal-Stepped Tuning in a Ganda Harp. Nature 165, 40–41 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/165040a0
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