About the A Ichikosucho (Japanese) scale
A Ichikosucho (Japanese) is used for traditional Japanese and film music. Think of it as a major scale with an added flat fifth passing tone. It is A Bebop Major with the sixth lowered.
Its notes are A, B, C♯, D, E♭, E, F♯, and G♯. The formula is W W H H H W W H. It is the fourth mode of E Bebop Dominant.
This scale shares E, A, D, and B with the guitar's open strings. A guitarist finds the lowest A on the open A string.
Positions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
8-position system
8 four-fret boxes, one per scale degree, each a single hand position with almost no shifting. The jazz and classical way, from William Leavitt's Berklee method.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | AA | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | BB | Major 2nd |
| 3 | C#C♯ | Major 3rd |
| 4 | DD | Perfect 4th |
| 5 | EbE♭ | Diminished 5th |
| 6 | EE | Perfect 5th |
| 7 | F#F♯ | Major 6th |
| 8 | G#G♯ | Major 7th |
| Steps | W W H H H W W H |
|---|---|
| Semitones | 2-2-1-1-1-2-2-1 |
| Degrees | 1 2 3 4 ♭5 5 6 7 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Ichikosucho (Japanese) in other keys
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Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
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