Has Five Equidistant Tones in Octave?

Answer: Slendro, Javanese and Balinese five-toned musical scale system.

Why are there 12 tones in an octave?

The idea behind twelve is to build up a collection of notes using just one ratio. The advantage to doing so is that it allows a uniformity that makes modulating between keys possible.

What is the Indonesian musical scale of seven tones in an octave?

Java. Although the full pelog scale has seven tones, usually only a five-tone subset is used (see the similar Western concept of mode). In fact, many gamelan instruments physically lack keys for two of the tones.

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