About the C Goonkali (Indian) scale
C Goonkali (Indian) is a dark five-note raga scale with a flat second and sixth. It's used for Indian classical melodies and meditative writing.
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 | C | Root |
| 2 | D flat | Minor 2nd |
| 3 | F | Perfect 4th |
| 4 | G | Perfect 5th |
| 5 | A flat | Minor 6th |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Goonkali (Indian) in other keys
D flat Goonkali (Indian) D Goonkali (Indian) E flat Goonkali (Indian) E Goonkali (Indian) F Goonkali (Indian) G flat Goonkali (Indian) G Goonkali (Indian) A flat Goonkali (Indian) A Goonkali (Indian) B flat Goonkali (Indian) B Goonkali (Indian)
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.