Japanese Pentatonic Scales (Akebono, Hirajoshi, Insen, Iwato, Kumoi-choshi)

[@sheatheman]

hirajoshi is the one

[@Scuz793]

actually Iwato has a b3 and is spelled:
1 b3 4 b5 b7 or D F G Ab C
it's a mode of In Sen (or Kokin Joshi)
some of these names come from koto tunings (hence joshi/choshi) akebono and kumoi were tuning variants. as you can see, they're modes of each other.

[@j0hnnyboi1]

Japanese scales are the best!

[@xylophire]

It is a pdf. It's the link in the video description when you expand it. If there are issues with the size (it has more bars per page than most of my other pieces) when printing, let me know.

[@redman958]

Kinda reminds me of ff7.

[@xylophire]

No, some of them may be depending on the tonic. I forget which one, but one of these scales doesn't have a tonic, and can start anywhere, I believe.

[@xylophire]

The sheet music is listed above in the description. I posted it a few months ago, but I didn't see this response until now.

[@xylophire]

A lot of Eastern scales have Western counterparts, and they even have counterparts among themselves. That last bit is a bit confusing.

[@douglas9811]

"Yo" is equal "A" Minor Penta Shape

[@xylophire]

@CaptainBohnenbrot
I hadn't noticed that until recently. I use my keyboard for everything, so I probably made a mistake somewhere when typing. Thanks for letting me know.

[@xylophire]

Yeah, the sheet music is uploaded in the description of the video as of a few months ago.

[@giacomonki]

大変助かりました！　ありがとうございます！

[@xylophire]

Okay, I'm about a year late, but the thing's uploaded above. Sorry about the wait.

[@84ND3R5N4TCH]

Are these all modes of the same scale?

[@bsq2phat]

hey did you ever upload the sheet music for the scales? i would like to have this too. thanks.

[@zantoine]

souds like zelda lol

[@xylophire]

@KevinVang1000
If I remember, I'll try uploading it this weekend under the description.

[@vampiricsplendour]

i've seen three hira joshi scales which are all different

[@cataleptico]

and it's been a year since...

[@xylophire]

I forgot what my original source was, but according to wikipedia, the b2 is omitted instead of the b3 (I can't post the link here, but it's easy to find).
If you could find a source for that, I'd be interested, since it's a pain in the ass to find a lot of this stuff.

[@xylophire]

You'd be surprised at the increase in discoveries from searches when you add extra languages...and I know Spanish, so why not put that in there?

[@xylophire]

I didn't notice this comment until just now. I posted it in the video description a few months back.

[@CaptainBohnenbrot]

I'm pretty sure that the 5th in kumoi is a perfect 5th and not a tritonus. Otherwise it would be the same scale as Iwato.

[@otinana]

@CaptainBohnenbrot Captain's right. Kumoi needs a perfect 5th.

[@allan1064]

thanks bro

[@javierphantom]

I love you... Thanks

[@xylophire]

I just uploaded one. There are 5 different scales that I managed to find.

[@geramora]

@CaptainBohnenbrot but with the perfect 5th is the same scale as In sen

[@mechwarreir2]

Can I please have the sheet music? By google searching all I found was the position on the guitar and I don't understand because I don't play the guitar X).

[@xxDarkxRockerxx]

thank you =3333

[@TheAstralMeditator]

The Yo scale is just the minor pentatonic scale in western music theory.

[@zantoine]

sounds like zelda lol

[@khrazza]

can you do one on korean scales? or does anybody have a link for that

[@EyMeng]

i don't get it

[@TheDoReMiFaSolLaTiDo]

helo i ned help

[@sevendaggers4678]

SO QUICK I DONT UNDERSTAND NOTHING ... REALLY

[@allan1064]

Thanks bro