About the C Ichikosucho (Japanese) scale
C Ichikosucho (Japanese) is used for traditional Japanese and film music. Think of it as a major scale with an added flat fifth passing tone. It is C Bebop Major with the sixth lowered.
Its notes are C, D, E, F, G♭, G, A, and B. The formula is W W H H H W W H. It is the fourth mode of G Bebop Dominant.
Five open-string notes belong to C Ichikosucho (Japanese), namely E, A, D, G, and B. On guitar, the deepest C within reach is the 3rd fret of the A string.
Positions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
8-position system
8 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 | CC | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | DD | Major 2nd |
| 3 | EE | Major 3rd |
| 4 | FF | Perfect 4th |
| 5 | GbG♭ | Diminished 5th |
| 6 | GG | Perfect 5th |
| 7 | AA | Major 6th |
| 8 | BB | Major 7th |
| Steps | W W H H H W W H |
|---|---|
| Semitones | 2-2-1-1-1-2-2-1 |
| Degrees | 1 2 3 4 ♭5 5 6 7 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Ichikosucho (Japanese) in other keys
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
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