About the A sharp Piongio (Japanese) scale
A sharp Piongio (Japanese) is used for folk and pentatonic-flavored melodies. Think of it as a bright six-note scale with a flat seventh.
Its notes are A♯, B♯, D♯, E♯, G, and G♯. The formula is W 1½ W W H W.
G is an open guitar string that sits inside the mode, ready to drone under a riff. A guitarist finds the lowest A♯ at the 1st fret of the A string. A♯ Piongio (Japanese) sits in true open position, with a complete octave of the scale inside the first three frets.
Positions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
6-position system
6 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 | A#A♯ | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | B#B♯ | Major 2nd |
| 3 | D#D♯ | Perfect 4th |
| 4 | E#E♯ | Perfect 5th |
| 5 | GG | Major 6th |
| 6 | G#G♯ | Minor 7th |
| Steps | W 1½ W W H W |
|---|---|
| Semitones | 2-3-2-2-1-2 |
| Degrees | 1 2 4 5 6 ♭7 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Piongio (Japanese) in other keys
C Piongio (Japanese) scaleC sharp Piongio (Japanese) scaleD Piongio (Japanese) scaleD sharp Piongio (Japanese) scaleE Piongio (Japanese) scaleF Piongio (Japanese) scaleF sharp Piongio (Japanese) scaleG Piongio (Japanese) scaleG sharp Piongio (Japanese) scaleA Piongio (Japanese) scaleB Piongio (Japanese) scale
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