"BruceO (may his name ever be praised), used to remind us, periodically, that there were one hundred and sixty or eighty odd scales that had been found to be used in British Isles/or what ever you want to call it, folk music"

I would like very much to find some more info on this subject of the large number of scales - there are books available on the subject of different scales - I have some - but I would like to know more as my material covers nowhere near this number.

It should also be noted that 'cross tuning' or 'alternate tunings' exist for stringed instrument with limited numbers of strings (e.g., violins, guitars, etc) that assist in playing some of these scales. I am interested in this information too.

There are even more scales in 'non Western European' music, and even more in societies that include 'micro-tonalities' in their music.

Robin