About the A Kumoïjoshi (Japanese) scale
A Kumoïjoshi (Japanese) is a Japanese five-note scale with a flat second and sixth. It's used for traditional Japanese and koto music.
Learn morePositions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
Pentatonic boxes
The five shapes blues and rock are built on, the first scale most guitarists ever solo with, one box per note up the neck.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | A | Root |
| 2 | B flat | Minor 2nd |
| 3 | D | Perfect 4th |
| 4 | E | Perfect 5th |
| 5 | F | Minor 6th |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Kumoïjoshi (Japanese) in other keys
C Kumoïjoshi (Japanese) D flat Kumoïjoshi (Japanese) D Kumoïjoshi (Japanese) E flat Kumoïjoshi (Japanese) E Kumoïjoshi (Japanese) F Kumoïjoshi (Japanese) G flat Kumoïjoshi (Japanese) G Kumoïjoshi (Japanese) A flat Kumoïjoshi (Japanese) B flat Kumoïjoshi (Japanese) B Kumoïjoshi (Japanese)
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
