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# 7-limit tempered pentatonic scales which are commonly used to build tension, and  
# 7-limit tempered pentatonic scales which are commonly used to build tension, and  
# septimal tetrads (esp. voicings of 4:5:6:7) which are commonly used as harmonic resolutions.
# septimal tetrads (esp. voicings of 4:5:6:7) which may be used as harmonic resolutions.


Old Shalian and Idosian sources describe a just intonation system based on ratios of 3 and 5, which was much like the system of 22 shrutis described in early Indian works.
Old Shalian and Idosian sources describe a just intonation system based on ratios of 3 and 5, which was much like the system of 22 shrutis described in early Indian works.