About the B flat Piongio (Japanese) scale
B flat 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 B♭, C, E♭, F, G, and A♭. The formula is W 1½ W W H W.
An unfretted guitar already sounds G from this mode. Down at the 1st fret of the A string lies the lowest B♭ a guitar can play. The first three frets carry a complete octave of B♭ Piongio (Japanese), a genuine open-position shape.
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 | BbB♭ | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | CC | Major 2nd |
| 3 | EbE♭ | Perfect 4th |
| 4 | FF | Perfect 5th |
| 5 | GG | Major 6th |
| 6 | AbA♭ | 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) scaleD flat Piongio (Japanese) scaleD Piongio (Japanese) scaleE flat Piongio (Japanese) scaleE Piongio (Japanese) scaleF Piongio (Japanese) scaleG flat Piongio (Japanese) scaleG Piongio (Japanese) scaleA flat Piongio (Japanese) scaleA Piongio (Japanese) scaleB Piongio (Japanese) scale
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