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 ===13th century===
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-The first scale uses a chain of fifths with sizes M-M-S-S-L-S-S (S = smaller fifth, L = larger fifth, M = near-just fifth)
-The second scale uses a chain of fifths M-M-M-M-S-S-S.
-The third scale is symmetric and uses a chain M-S-S-L-S-S-M.
-A typical tuning is a subset of 29edo.
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 ===19th century (popular)===
+===Chinese Theory===
+* experiments in pythagorean tuning followed by the discovery of 12- and 53-tone MOS scales
+* higher limit tonalities introduced by throat-singers; subsequent treatises describe otonality as yin (qürm) and utonality as yang (läŋ)
+* musical theater, orchestra, Partchian ideas
+===European Theory===
+* Babylonians independently discover pythagorean tuning and Greeks extend it into genera
+* poly-pythagorean chains introduced by Jewish theorists to explain the enharmonic genus