About the B flat Insen (Japanese) scale
B flat Insen (Japanese) is a Japanese five-note scale with a flat second and flat seventh. It's used for traditional Japanese and shamisen 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 | B flat | Root |
| 2 | C flat | Minor 2nd |
| 3 | E flat | Perfect 4th |
| 4 | F | Perfect 5th |
| 5 | A flat | Minor 7th |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Insen (Japanese) in other keys
C Insen (Japanese) D flat Insen (Japanese) D Insen (Japanese) E flat Insen (Japanese) E Insen (Japanese) F Insen (Japanese) G flat Insen (Japanese) G Insen (Japanese) A flat Insen (Japanese) A Insen (Japanese) B Insen (Japanese)
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
